diff --git a/src/initializers/kafka/kafka.ts b/src/initializers/kafka/kafka.ts
index 436ef286..442be4e7 100644
--- a/src/initializers/kafka/kafka.ts
+++ b/src/initializers/kafka/kafka.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getLogger } from '../log4js';
 import requireInjected from '../../require-injected';
 import { KafkaConfig } from '../../typings/kafka';
 import type * as KafkajsType from 'kafkajs';
-import { flatten } from 'lodash';
+import { flatten, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
 
 const { Kafka }: typeof KafkajsType = requireInjected('kafkajs');
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ export default class OrkaKafka {
           if (offsets.every(({ offset }) => offset === '-1')) {
             // groupId is not configured
             const oldOffsets = await admin.fetchOffsets({ groupId: oldGroupId, topic, resolveOffsets: false });
-            await admin.setOffsets({ groupId, topic, partitions: oldOffsets });
-            return { groupId, renamedFrom: oldGroupId, oldOffsets };
+            const knownOffsets = oldOffsets?.filter(o => o.offset !== '-1');
+            if (!isEmpty(knownOffsets)) await admin.setOffsets({ groupId, topic, partitions: knownOffsets });
+            return { groupId, renamedFrom: oldGroupId, topic, oldOffsets: knownOffsets };
           } else {
-            return { groupId, renamedFrom: oldGroupId, alreadyDeclared: true };
+            return { groupId, renamedFrom: oldGroupId, topic, alreadyDeclared: true };
           }
         })
         .map(promise =>
diff --git a/test/initializers/kafka/kafka.test.ts b/test/initializers/kafka/kafka.test.ts
index b9096888..7126afd3 100644
--- a/test/initializers/kafka/kafka.test.ts
+++ b/test/initializers/kafka/kafka.test.ts
@@ -321,27 +321,40 @@ describe('kafka class', () => {
         },
         ssl: true
       });
-      fetchOffsetsStub.onFirstCall().returns([{ parition: 0, offset: '-1' }]);
-      fetchOffsetsStub.onSecondCall().returns([{ parition: 0, offset: '5' }]);
-      fetchOffsetsStub.onThirdCall().returns([{ parition: 0, offset: '3' }]);
-      fetchOffsetsStub.returns([{ parition: 0, offset: '6' }]);
+      fetchOffsetsStub.onFirstCall().returns([{ partition: 0, offset: '-1' }]);
+      fetchOffsetsStub.onSecondCall().returns([{ partition: 0, offset: '5' }]);
+      fetchOffsetsStub.onThirdCall().returns([{ partition: 0, offset: '-1' }]);
+      fetchOffsetsStub.onCall(3).returns([
+        { partition: 0, offset: '3' },
+        { partition: 1, offset: '-1' }
+      ]);
+      fetchOffsetsStub.returns([{ partition: 0, offset: '-1' }]);
       const response = await kafka.renameGroupId([
         { groupId: 'newGroupId', topic: 'topic', oldGroupId: 'oldGroupId' },
-        { groupId: 'newGroupId2', topic: 'topic2', oldGroupId: 'oldGroupId2' }
+        { groupId: 'newGroupId2', topic: 'topic2', oldGroupId: 'oldGroupId2' },
+        { groupId: 'newGroupId3', topic: 'topic3', oldGroupId: 'oldGroupId3' }
       ]);
 
       adminStub.args.should.eql([[]]);
       fetchOffsetsStub.args.should.eql([
         [{ groupId: 'newGroupId', topic: 'topic', resolveOffsets: false }],
         [{ groupId: 'newGroupId2', topic: 'topic2', resolveOffsets: false }],
-        [{ groupId: 'oldGroupId', topic: 'topic', resolveOffsets: false }]
+        [{ groupId: 'newGroupId3', topic: 'topic3', resolveOffsets: false }],
+        [{ groupId: 'oldGroupId', topic: 'topic', resolveOffsets: false }],
+        [{ groupId: 'oldGroupId3', topic: 'topic3', resolveOffsets: false }]
       ]);
       setOffsetsStub.args.should.eql([
-        [{ groupId: 'newGroupId', partitions: [{ offset: '3', parition: 0 }], topic: 'topic' }]
+        [{ groupId: 'newGroupId', partitions: [{ offset: '3', partition: 0 }], topic: 'topic' }]
       ]);
       response.should.eql([
-        { groupId: 'newGroupId', oldOffsets: [{ offset: '3', parition: 0 }], renamedFrom: 'oldGroupId' },
-        { alreadyDeclared: true, groupId: 'newGroupId2', renamedFrom: 'oldGroupId2' }
+        {
+          groupId: 'newGroupId',
+          oldOffsets: [{ offset: '3', partition: 0 }],
+          topic: 'topic',
+          renamedFrom: 'oldGroupId'
+        },
+        { alreadyDeclared: true, groupId: 'newGroupId2', topic: 'topic2', renamedFrom: 'oldGroupId2' },
+        { groupId: 'newGroupId3', oldOffsets: [], topic: 'topic3', renamedFrom: 'oldGroupId3' }
       ]);
     });
   });