diff --git a/admin_test.go b/admin_test.go
index edafc44d9b..3b02fbafb6 100644
--- a/admin_test.go
+++ b/admin_test.go
@@ -246,6 +246,35 @@ func TestClusterAdminDeleteEmptyTopic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClusterAdminDeleteTopicError(t *testing.T) {
+	seedBroker := NewMockBroker(t, 1)
+	defer seedBroker.Close()
+
+	seedBroker.SetHandlerByMap(map[string]MockResponse{
+		"MetadataRequest": NewMockMetadataResponse(t).
+			SetController(seedBroker.BrokerID()).
+			SetBroker(seedBroker.Addr(), seedBroker.BrokerID()),
+		"DeleteTopicsRequest": NewMockDeleteTopicsResponse(t).SetError(ErrTopicDeletionDisabled),
+	})
+
+	config := NewTestConfig()
+	config.Version = V0_10_2_0
+	admin, err := NewClusterAdmin([]string{seedBroker.Addr()}, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = admin.DeleteTopic("my_topic")
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrTopicDeletionDisabled) {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = admin.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClusterAdminCreatePartitions(t *testing.T) {
 	seedBroker := NewMockBroker(t, 1)
 	defer seedBroker.Close()
diff --git a/mockresponses.go b/mockresponses.go
index 15b4367f99..c7d4fdf189 100644
--- a/mockresponses.go
+++ b/mockresponses.go
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ func (mr *MockCreateTopicsResponse) For(reqBody versionedDecoder) encoderWithHea
 }
 
 type MockDeleteTopicsResponse struct {
-	t TestReporter
+	t     TestReporter
+	error KError
 }
 
 func NewMockDeleteTopicsResponse(t TestReporter) *MockDeleteTopicsResponse {
@@ -680,12 +681,17 @@ func (mr *MockDeleteTopicsResponse) For(reqBody versionedDecoder) encoderWithHea
 	res.TopicErrorCodes = make(map[string]KError)
 
 	for _, topic := range req.Topics {
-		res.TopicErrorCodes[topic] = ErrNoError
+		res.TopicErrorCodes[topic] = mr.error
 	}
 	res.Version = req.Version
 	return res
 }
 
+func (mr *MockDeleteTopicsResponse) SetError(kerror KError) *MockDeleteTopicsResponse {
+	mr.error = kerror
+	return mr
+}
+
 type MockCreatePartitionsResponse struct {
 	t TestReporter
 }