diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java
index f9bfdd87aaac..518319a38e32 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java
@@ -2130,12 +2130,16 @@ public void processElement(OutputReceiver<KafkaSourceDescriptor> receiver) {
             } else {
               for (String topic : topics) {
                 List<PartitionInfo> partitionInfoList = consumer.partitionsFor(topic);
-                if (partitionInfoList == null || partitionInfoList.isEmpty()) {
+                if (logTopicVerification == null || !logTopicVerification) {
+                  checkState(
+                      partitionInfoList != null && !partitionInfoList.isEmpty(),
+                      "Could not find any partitions info for topic %s. Please check Kafka configuration and make sure that provided topics exist.",
+                      topic);
+                } else {
                   LOG.warn(
-                      "Could not find any partitions info for topic {}. Please check Kafka "
-                          + "configuration and make sure that the provided topics exist.",
+                      "Could not find any partitions info for topic {}. Please check Kafka configuration "
+                          + "and make sure that the provided topics exist.",
                       topic);
-                  continue;
                 }
 
                 for (PartitionInfo p : partitionInfoList) {
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.java b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.java
index 3184b18267b2..490faafb22fa 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.io.kafka;
 
 import static org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.firstNonNull;
+import static org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -44,8 +45,6 @@
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.joda.time.Instant;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A {@link PTransform} for continuously querying Kafka for new partitions, and emitting those
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@
  */
 class WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions extends PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<KafkaSourceDescriptor>> {
 
-  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.class);
   private static final Duration DEFAULT_CHECK_DURATION = Duration.standardHours(1);
   private static final String COUNTER_NAMESPACE = "watch_kafka_topic_partition";
 
@@ -193,13 +191,10 @@ static List<TopicPartition> getAllTopicPartitions(
       if (topics != null && !topics.isEmpty()) {
         for (String topic : topics) {
           List<PartitionInfo> partitionInfoList = kafkaConsumer.partitionsFor(topic);
-          if (partitionInfoList == null || partitionInfoList.isEmpty()) {
-            LOG.warn(
-                "Could not find any partitions info for topic {}. Please check Kafka "
-                    + "configuration and make sure that the provided topics exist.",
-                topic);
-            continue;
-          }
+          checkState(
+              partitionInfoList != null && !partitionInfoList.isEmpty(),
+              "Could not find any partitions info for topic %s. Please check Kafka configuration and make sure that provided topics exist.",
+              topic);
           for (PartitionInfo partition : partitionInfoList) {
             current.add(new TopicPartition(topic, partition.partition()));
           }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitionsTest.java b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitionsTest.java
index 30ace6cd86d0..595d040bf403 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitionsTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/WatchForKafkaTopicPartitionsTest.java
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.io.kafka;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.kafka.KafkaMocks.PartitionGrowthMockConsumer;
@@ -110,47 +108,6 @@ public void testGetAllTopicPartitionsWithGivenTopics() throws Exception {
             (input) -> mockConsumer, null, givenTopics, null));
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testGetAllTopicPartitionsWithNullPartitionInfo() throws Exception {
-    Set<String> givenTopics = ImmutableSet.of("topic1");
-
-    Consumer<byte[], byte[]> mockConsumer = Mockito.mock(Consumer.class);
-    when(mockConsumer.partitionsFor("topic1")).thenReturn(null);
-    assertTrue(
-        WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.getAllTopicPartitions(
-                (input) -> mockConsumer, null, givenTopics, null)
-            .isEmpty());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testGetAllTopicPartitionsWithEmptyPartitionInfo() throws Exception {
-    Set<String> givenTopics = ImmutableSet.of("topic1");
-
-    Consumer<byte[], byte[]> mockConsumer = Mockito.mock(Consumer.class);
-    when(mockConsumer.partitionsFor("topic1")).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-    assertTrue(
-        WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.getAllTopicPartitions(
-                (input) -> mockConsumer, null, givenTopics, null)
-            .isEmpty());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testGetAllTopicPartitionsSkipsMissingTopics() throws Exception {
-    Set<String> givenTopics = ImmutableSet.of("topic1", "topic2");
-
-    Consumer<byte[], byte[]> mockConsumer = Mockito.mock(Consumer.class);
-    when(mockConsumer.partitionsFor("topic1")).thenReturn(null);
-    when(mockConsumer.partitionsFor("topic2"))
-        .thenReturn(
-            ImmutableList.of(
-                new PartitionInfo("topic2", 0, null, null, null),
-                new PartitionInfo("topic2", 1, null, null, null)));
-    assertEquals(
-        ImmutableList.of(new TopicPartition("topic2", 0), new TopicPartition("topic2", 1)),
-        WatchForKafkaTopicPartitions.getAllTopicPartitions(
-            (input) -> mockConsumer, null, givenTopics, null));
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testGetAllTopicPartitionsWithGivenPattern() throws Exception {
     Consumer<byte[], byte[]> mockConsumer = Mockito.mock(Consumer.class);