diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AbstractCoordinator.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AbstractCoordinator.java
index 34f81db306d33..ab3c33beb876e 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AbstractCoordinator.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AbstractCoordinator.java
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ protected synchronized boolean ensureCoordinatorReady(final Timer timer) {
                     log.debug("Coordinator discovery failed, refreshing metadata", future.exception());
                     client.awaitMetadataUpdate(timer);
                 } else {
-                    log.info("FindCoordinator request hit fatal exception", fatalException);
                     fatalException = future.exception();
+                    log.info("FindCoordinator request hit fatal exception", fatalException);
                 }
             } else if (coordinator != null && client.isUnavailable(coordinator)) {
                 // we found the coordinator, but the connection has failed, so mark
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ protected synchronized boolean ensureCoordinatorReady(final Timer timer) {
             }
 
             clearFindCoordinatorFuture();
-            if (fatalException !=  null)
+            if (fatalException != null)
                 throw fatalException;
         } while (coordinatorUnknown() && timer.notExpired());