diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumerImpl.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumerImpl.java
index fc8d410de4aba..e808ecf589610 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumerImpl.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumerImpl.java
@@ -1018,8 +1018,8 @@ private void acknowledgeBatchIfImplicitAcknowledgement(boolean calledOnPoll) {
             if (acknowledgementMode == AcknowledgementMode.UNKNOWN) {
                 // The first call to poll(Duration) moves into PENDING
                 acknowledgementMode = AcknowledgementMode.PENDING;
-            } else if (acknowledgementMode == AcknowledgementMode.PENDING) {
-                // The second call to poll(Duration) if PENDING moves into IMPLICIT
+            } else if (acknowledgementMode == AcknowledgementMode.PENDING && !currentFetch.isEmpty()) {
+                // If there are records to acknowledge and PENDING, moves into IMPLICIT
                 acknowledgementMode = AcknowledgementMode.IMPLICIT;
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/kafka/test/api/ShareConsumerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/kafka/test/api/ShareConsumerTest.java
index f5761003e103b..51a5a8728ddb7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/kafka/test/api/ShareConsumerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/kafka/test/api/ShareConsumerTest.java
@@ -688,6 +688,44 @@ public void testExplicitAcknowledgementCommitAsync() throws InterruptedException
         }
     }
 
+    @ClusterTest
+    public void testImplicitModeNotTriggeredByPollWhenNoAcksToSend() throws InterruptedException {
+        setup();
+        alterShareAutoOffsetReset("group1", "earliest");
+        try (Producer<byte[], byte[]> producer = createProducer();
+             ShareConsumer<byte[], byte[]> shareConsumer = createShareConsumer("group1")) {
+
+            shareConsumer.subscribe(Collections.singleton(tp.topic()));
+
+            Map<TopicPartition, Set<Long>> partitionOffsetsMap1 = new HashMap<>();
+            Map<TopicPartition, Exception> partitionExceptionMap1 = new HashMap<>();
+            shareConsumer.setAcknowledgementCommitCallback(new TestableAcknowledgementCommitCallback(partitionOffsetsMap1, partitionExceptionMap1));
+
+            // The acknowledgement mode moves to PENDING from UNKNOWN.
+            ConsumerRecords<byte[], byte[]> records = shareConsumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
+            assertEquals(0, records.count());
+            shareConsumer.commitAsync();
+
+            ProducerRecord<byte[], byte[]> record1 = new ProducerRecord<>(tp.topic(), tp.partition(), null, "key".getBytes(), "value".getBytes());
+            producer.send(record1);
+            producer.flush();
+
+            // The acknowledgement mode remains in PENDING because no records were returned.
+            records = shareConsumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
+            assertEquals(1, records.count());
+
+            // The acknowledgement mode now moves to EXPLICIT.
+            shareConsumer.acknowledge(records.iterator().next());
+            shareConsumer.commitAsync();
+
+            TestUtils.waitForCondition(() -> {
+                shareConsumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(500));
+                return partitionExceptionMap1.containsKey(tp);
+            }, 30000, 100L, () -> "Didn't receive call to callback");
+            verifyShareGroupStateTopicRecordsProduced();
+        }
+    }
+
     @ClusterTest
     public void testExplicitAcknowledgementCommitAsyncPartialBatch() {
         setup();