diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java
index b36b778546b..e8a40bd66f3 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java
@@ -175,22 +175,25 @@ public class ShareConsumeRequestManager implements RequestManager, MemberStateLi
 
                 TopicIdPartition tip = new TopicIdPartition(topicId, partition);
                 Acknowledgements acknowledgementsToSend = null;
+                boolean canSendAcknowledgements = true;
+
                 Map<TopicIdPartition, Acknowledgements> nodeAcksFromFetchMap = fetchAcknowledgementsToSend.get(node.id());
                 if (nodeAcksFromFetchMap != null) {
                     acknowledgementsToSend = nodeAcksFromFetchMap.remove(tip);
+
                     if (acknowledgementsToSend != null) {
-                        if (handler.isNewSession()) {
-                            // Failing the acknowledgements as we cannot have piggybacked acknowledgements in the initial ShareFetchRequest.
-                            acknowledgementsToSend.complete(Errors.INVALID_SHARE_SESSION_EPOCH.exception());
-                            maybeSendShareAcknowledgeCommitCallbackEvent(Map.of(tip, acknowledgementsToSend));
-                        } else {
-                            metricsManager.recordAcknowledgementSent(acknowledgementsToSend.size());
-                            fetchAcknowledgementsInFlight.computeIfAbsent(node.id(), k -> new HashMap<>()).put(tip, acknowledgementsToSend);
+                        // Check if the share session epoch is valid for sending acknowledgements.
+                        if (!maybeAddAcknowledgements(handler, node, tip, acknowledgementsToSend)) {
+                            canSendAcknowledgements = false;
                         }
                     }
                 }
 
-                handler.addPartitionToFetch(tip, acknowledgementsToSend);
+                if (canSendAcknowledgements) {
+                    handler.addPartitionToFetch(tip, acknowledgementsToSend);
+                } else {
+                    handler.addPartitionToFetch(tip, null);
+                }
                 topicNamesMap.putIfAbsent(new IdAndPartition(tip.topicId(), tip.partition()), tip.topic());
 
                 log.debug("Added fetch request for partition {} to node {}", tip, node.id());
@@ -212,8 +215,10 @@ public class ShareConsumeRequestManager implements RequestManager, MemberStateLi
                     if (nodeAcksFromFetchMap != null) {
                         nodeAcksFromFetchMap.forEach((tip, acks) -> {
                             if (!isLeaderKnownToHaveChanged(nodeId, tip)) {
-                                metricsManager.recordAcknowledgementSent(acks.size());
-                                fetchAcknowledgementsInFlight.computeIfAbsent(node.id(), k -> new HashMap<>()).put(tip, acks);
+                                // Check if the share session epoch is valid for sending acknowledgements.
+                                if (!maybeAddAcknowledgements(sessionHandler, node, tip, acks)) {
+                                    return;
+                                }
 
                                 sessionHandler.addPartitionToAcknowledgeOnly(tip, acks);
                                 handlerMap.put(node, sessionHandler);
@@ -256,6 +261,28 @@ public class ShareConsumeRequestManager implements RequestManager, MemberStateLi
         return new PollResult(requests);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return True if we can add acknowledgements to the share session.
+     * If we cannot add acknowledgements, they are completed with {@link Errors#INVALID_SHARE_SESSION_EPOCH} exception.
+     */
+    private boolean maybeAddAcknowledgements(ShareSessionHandler handler,
+                                             Node node,
+                                             TopicIdPartition tip,
+                                             Acknowledgements acknowledgements) {
+        if (handler.isNewSession()) {
+            // Failing the acknowledgements as we cannot have piggybacked acknowledgements in the initial ShareFetchRequest.
+            log.debug("Cannot send acknowledgements on initial epoch for ShareSession for partition {}", tip);
+            acknowledgements.complete(Errors.INVALID_SHARE_SESSION_EPOCH.exception());
+            maybeSendShareAcknowledgeCommitCallbackEvent(Map.of(tip, acknowledgements));
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            metricsManager.recordAcknowledgementSent(acknowledgements.size());
+            fetchAcknowledgementsInFlight.computeIfAbsent(node.id(), k -> new HashMap<>()).put(tip, acknowledgements);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     public void fetch(Map<TopicIdPartition, NodeAcknowledgements> acknowledgementsMap,
                       Map<TopicIdPartition, NodeAcknowledgements> controlRecordAcknowledgements) {
         if (!fetchMoreRecords) {
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java
index 5cdde2df6ab..0ce3a524880 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java
@@ -1407,8 +1407,49 @@ public class ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest {
 
         shareConsumeRequestManager.fetch(Map.of(tip0, new NodeAcknowledgements(0, acknowledgements)), Collections.emptyMap());
 
+        NetworkClientDelegate.PollResult pollResult = shareConsumeRequestManager.sendFetchesReturnPollResult();
+        assertEquals(1, pollResult.unsentRequests.size());
+        ShareFetchRequest.Builder builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).requestBuilder();
+        assertEquals(1, builder.data().topics().size());
+        // We should not add the acknowledgements as part of the request.
+        assertEquals(0, builder.data().topics().find(tip0.topicId()).partitions().find(0).acknowledgementBatches().size());
+
+        assertEquals(3, completedAcknowledgements.get(0).get(tip0).size());
+        assertEquals(Errors.INVALID_SHARE_SESSION_EPOCH.exception(), completedAcknowledgements.get(0).get(tip0).getAcknowledgeException());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPiggybackAcknowledgementsOnInitialShareSessionErrorSubscriptionChange() {
+        buildRequestManager();
+        shareConsumeRequestManager.setAcknowledgementCommitCallbackRegistered(true);
+
+        assignFromSubscribed(singleton(tp0));
         sendFetchAndVerifyResponse(records, acquiredRecords, Errors.NONE);
 
+        fetchRecords();
+
+        // Simulate a broker restart, but no leader change, this resets share session epoch to 0.
+        assertEquals(1, sendFetches());
+        assertFalse(shareConsumeRequestManager.hasCompletedFetches());
+        client.prepareResponse(fetchResponseWithTopLevelError(tip0, Errors.SHARE_SESSION_NOT_FOUND));
+        networkClientDelegate.poll(time.timer(0));
+
+        // Simulate a metadata update with no topics in the response.
+        client.updateMetadata(
+                RequestTestUtils.metadataUpdateWithIds(1, Collections.emptyMap(),
+                        tp -> validLeaderEpoch, null, false));
+
+        // The acknowledgements for the initial fetch from tip0 are processed now and sent to the background thread.
+        Acknowledgements acknowledgements = getAcknowledgements(1, AcknowledgeType.ACCEPT, AcknowledgeType.ACCEPT, AcknowledgeType.REJECT);
+        shareConsumeRequestManager.fetch(Map.of(tip0, new NodeAcknowledgements(0, acknowledgements)), Collections.emptyMap());
+
+        assertEquals(0, completedAcknowledgements.size());
+
+        // Next fetch would not include any acknowledgements.
+        NetworkClientDelegate.PollResult pollResult = shareConsumeRequestManager.sendFetchesReturnPollResult();
+        assertEquals(0, pollResult.unsentRequests.size());
+
+        // We should fail any waiting acknowledgements for tip-0 as it would have a share session epoch equal to 0.
         assertEquals(3, completedAcknowledgements.get(0).get(tip0).size());
         assertEquals(Errors.INVALID_SHARE_SESSION_EPOCH.exception(), completedAcknowledgements.get(0).get(tip0).getAcknowledgeException());
     }