diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/KafkaOffsetGen.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/KafkaOffsetGen.java
index 4ad885562..2989f2003 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/KafkaOffsetGen.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/KafkaOffsetGen.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class KafkaOffsetGen {
               .map(x -> new TopicPartition(x.topic(), x.partition())).collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
       // Determine the offset ranges to read from
-      if (lastCheckpointStr.isPresent()) {
+      if (lastCheckpointStr.isPresent() && !lastCheckpointStr.get().isEmpty()) {
         fromOffsets = checkupValidOffsets(consumer, lastCheckpointStr, topicPartitions);
       } else {
         KafkaResetOffsetStrategies autoResetValue = KafkaResetOffsetStrategies