diff --git a/karapace/kafka/consumer.py b/karapace/kafka/consumer.py
index 2899820cd..762295d3d 100644
--- a/karapace/kafka/consumer.py
+++ b/karapace/kafka/consumer.py
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ def commit(  # type: ignore[override]
             if message is not None:
                 return super().commit(message=message, asynchronous=False)
 
-            return super().commit(offsets=offsets, asynchronous=False)
+            if offsets is not None:
+                return super().commit(offsets=offsets, asynchronous=False)
+
+            return super().commit(asynchronous=False)
         except KafkaException as exc:
             raise_from_kafkaexception(exc)