diff --git a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorService.java b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorService.java
index b092316bb319a..b184ab9b83b7f 100644
--- a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorService.java
+++ b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorService.java
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ public CompletableFuture<ListGroupsResponseData> listGroups(
         final Set<TopicPartition> existingPartitionSet = runtime.partitions();
         final AtomicInteger cnt = new AtomicInteger(existingPartitionSet.size());
 
+        if (existingPartitionSet.isEmpty()) {
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(new ListGroupsResponseData());
+        }
+
         for (TopicPartition tp : existingPartitionSet) {
             runtime.scheduleReadOperation(
                 "list-groups",
diff --git a/group-coordinator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorServiceTest.java b/group-coordinator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorServiceTest.java
index e3e13b8268599..98174b07508fe 100644
--- a/group-coordinator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorServiceTest.java
+++ b/group-coordinator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorServiceTest.java
@@ -832,6 +832,30 @@ public void testListGroupsFailedImmediately()
         assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), listGroupsResponseData.groups());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testListGroupsWithEmptyTopicPartitions() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        CoordinatorRuntime<GroupCoordinatorShard, Record> runtime = mockRuntime();
+        GroupCoordinatorService service = new GroupCoordinatorService(
+            new LogContext(),
+            createConfig(),
+            runtime
+        );
+        int partitionCount = 0;
+        service.startup(() -> partitionCount);
+
+        ListGroupsRequestData request = new ListGroupsRequestData();
+
+        CompletableFuture<ListGroupsResponseData> future = service.listGroups(
+            requestContext(ApiKeys.LIST_GROUPS),
+            request
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(
+            new ListGroupsResponseData(),
+            future.get()
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testListGroupsWhenNotStarted() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         CoordinatorRuntime<GroupCoordinatorShard, Record> runtime = mockRuntime();