diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java
index 29843c765c3..6f1f8c8bc64 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     }
 
     private CompletableFuture<Map<TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata>> commit(final CommitEvent commitEvent) {
-        maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+        throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
         offsetCommitCallbackInvoker.executeCallbacks();
 
         if (commitEvent.offsets().isPresent() && commitEvent.offsets().get().isEmpty()) {
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         long start = time.nanoseconds();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             if (partitions.isEmpty()) {
                 return Collections.emptyMap();
             }
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
         }
     }
 
-    private void maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException() {
+    private void throwIfGroupIdNotDefined() {
         if (groupMetadata.get().isEmpty()) {
             throw new InvalidGroupIdException("To use the group management or offset commit APIs, you must " +
                 "provide a valid " + ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG + " in the consumer configuration.");
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     public ConsumerGroupMetadata groupMetadata() {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             return groupMetadata.get().get();
         } finally {
             release();
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     private void subscribeInternal(Pattern pattern, Optional<ConsumerRebalanceListener> listener) {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             if (pattern == null || pattern.toString().isEmpty())
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Topic pattern to subscribe to cannot be " + (pattern == null ?
                     "null" : "empty"));
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
                                   Optional<ConsumerRebalanceListener> listener) {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             throwIfSubscriptionPatternIsInvalid(pattern);
             log.info("Subscribing to regular expression {}", pattern);
             applicationEventHandler.addAndGet(new TopicRe2JPatternSubscriptionChangeEvent(
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     private void subscribeInternal(Collection<String> topics, Optional<ConsumerRebalanceListener> listener) {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             if (topics == null)
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Topic collection to subscribe to cannot be null");
             if (topics.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ClassicKafkaConsumer.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ClassicKafkaConsumer.java
index 3a50ff037ab..0e4119b9e33 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ClassicKafkaConsumer.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ClassicKafkaConsumer.java
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     private void subscribeInternal(Collection<String> topics, Optional<ConsumerRebalanceListener> listener) {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             if (topics == null)
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Topic collection to subscribe to cannot be null");
             if (topics.isEmpty()) {
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
      *                               configured at-least one partition assignment strategy
      */
     private void subscribeInternal(Pattern pattern, Optional<ConsumerRebalanceListener> listener) {
-        maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+        throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
         if (pattern == null || pattern.toString().isEmpty())
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Topic pattern to subscribe to cannot be " + (pattern == null ?
                     "null" : "empty"));
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         long commitStart = time.nanoseconds();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             offsets.forEach(this::updateLastSeenEpochIfNewer);
             if (!coordinator.commitOffsetsSync(new HashMap<>(offsets), time.timer(timeout))) {
                 throw new TimeoutException("Timeout of " + timeout.toMillis() + "ms expired before successfully " +
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     public void commitAsync(final Map<TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata> offsets, OffsetCommitCallback callback) {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             log.debug("Committing offsets: {}", offsets);
             offsets.forEach(this::updateLastSeenEpochIfNewer);
             coordinator.commitOffsetsAsync(new HashMap<>(offsets), callback);
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         long start = time.nanoseconds();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             final Map<TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata> offsets;
             offsets = coordinator.fetchCommittedOffsets(partitions, time.timer(timeout));
             if (offsets == null) {
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
     public ConsumerGroupMetadata groupMetadata() {
         acquireAndEnsureOpen();
         try {
-            maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException();
+            throwIfGroupIdNotDefined();
             return coordinator.groupMetadata();
         } finally {
             release();
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ public class ClassicKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
                     ConsumerConfig.PARTITION_ASSIGNMENT_STRATEGY_CONFIG + " configuration property");
     }
 
-    private void maybeThrowInvalidGroupIdException() {
+    private void throwIfGroupIdNotDefined() {
         if (groupId.isEmpty())
             throw new InvalidGroupIdException("To use the group management or offset commit APIs, you must " +
                     "provide a valid " + ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG + " in the consumer configuration.");