diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ConsumerNetworkClient.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ConsumerNetworkClient.java
index c591074ba..9363b66b9 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ConsumerNetworkClient.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ConsumerNetworkClient.java
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ public class ConsumerNetworkClient implements Closeable {
     public boolean isUnavailable(Node node) {
         lock.lock();
         try {
-            return client.connectionFailed(node) && client.connectionDelay(node, time.milliseconds()) > 0;
+            return client.connectionDelay(node, time.milliseconds()) > 0;
         } finally {
             lock.unlock();
         }