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 033b16ba7b6a..646087ee58d9 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
@@ -1766,12 +1766,14 @@ private void sendPrefetches(Timer timer) {
     @Override
     public boolean updateAssignmentMetadataIfNeeded(Timer timer) {
         offsetCommitCallbackInvoker.executeCallbacks();
-        try {
-            applicationEventHandler.addAndGet(new UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent(calculateDeadlineMs(timer)));
-        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
-            return false;
-        } finally {
-            timer.update();
+        if (subscriptions.hasPatternSubscription()) {
+            try {
+                applicationEventHandler.addAndGet(new UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent(calculateDeadlineMs(timer)));
+            } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+                return false;
+            } finally {
+                timer.update();
+            }
         }
         processBackgroundEvents();
 
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessor.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessor.java
index d2e45370c66d..c9735617abbb 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessor.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessor.java
@@ -320,11 +320,12 @@ private void process(final TopicPatternSubscriptionChangeEvent event) {
      * This will make the consumer send the updated subscription on the next poll.
      */
     private void process(final UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent event) {
+        if (!subscriptions.hasPatternSubscription()) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (this.metadataVersionSnapshot < metadata.updateVersion()) {
             this.metadataVersionSnapshot = metadata.updateVersion();
-            if (subscriptions.hasPatternSubscription()) {
-                updatePatternSubscription(metadata.fetch());
-            }
+            updatePatternSubscription(metadata.fetch());
         }
         event.future().complete(null);
     }
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumerTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumerTest.java
index 91e4cae0f98a..940d9cbaef3f 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumerTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumerTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.TopicPatternSubscriptionChangeEvent;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.TopicSubscriptionChangeEvent;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.UnsubscribeEvent;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.Metric;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
@@ -1830,6 +1831,27 @@ public void testSeekToEnd() {
         assertEquals(OffsetResetStrategy.LATEST, resetOffsetEvent.offsetResetStrategy());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdatePatternSubscriptionEventGeneratedOnlyIfPatternUsed() {
+        consumer = newConsumer();
+        doReturn(Fetch.empty()).when(fetchCollector).collectFetch(any(FetchBuffer.class));
+        when(applicationEventHandler.addAndGet(any(CheckAndUpdatePositionsEvent.class))).thenReturn(true);
+        doReturn(LeaderAndEpoch.noLeaderOrEpoch()).when(metadata).currentLeader(any());
+        completeAssignmentChangeEventSuccessfully();
+        completeTopicPatternSubscriptionChangeEventSuccessfully();
+        completeUnsubscribeApplicationEventSuccessfully();
+
+        consumer.assign(singleton(new TopicPartition("topic1", 0)));
+        consumer.poll(Duration.ZERO);
+        verify(applicationEventHandler, never()).addAndGet(any(UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent.class));
+
+        consumer.unsubscribe();
+
+        consumer.subscribe(Pattern.compile("t*"));
+        consumer.poll(Duration.ZERO);
+        verify(applicationEventHandler).addAndGet(any(UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent.class));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSubscribeToRe2JPatternValidation() {
         consumer = newConsumer();
@@ -1927,6 +1949,7 @@ private void completeFetchedCommittedOffsetApplicationEventExceptionally(Excepti
     private void completeUnsubscribeApplicationEventSuccessfully() {
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             UnsubscribeEvent event = invocation.getArgument(0);
+            consumer.subscriptions().unsubscribe();
             event.future().complete(null);
             return null;
         }).when(applicationEventHandler).add(ArgumentMatchers.isA(UnsubscribeEvent.class));
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessorTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessorTest.java
index a16f9612c741..ea09fc2ae8be 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessorTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/ApplicationEventProcessorTest.java
@@ -355,11 +355,10 @@ public void testUpdatePatternSubscriptionEventOnlyTakesEffectWhenMetadataHasNewV
         UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent event1 = new UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent(12345);
 
         setupProcessor(true);
-
+        when(subscriptionState.hasPatternSubscription()).thenReturn(true);
         when(metadata.updateVersion()).thenReturn(0);
 
         processor.process(event1);
-        verify(subscriptionState, never()).hasPatternSubscription();
         assertDoesNotThrow(() -> event1.future().get());
 
         Cluster cluster = mock(Cluster.class);
@@ -377,7 +376,6 @@ public void testUpdatePatternSubscriptionEventOnlyTakesEffectWhenMetadataHasNewV
         UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent event2 = new UpdatePatternSubscriptionEvent(12345);
         processor.process(event2);
         verify(metadata).requestUpdateForNewTopics();
-        verify(subscriptionState).hasPatternSubscription();
         verify(subscriptionState).subscribeFromPattern(topics);
         assertEquals(1, processor.metadataVersionSnapshot());
         verify(membershipManager).onSubscriptionUpdated();