diff --git a/src/v/kafka/requests/fetch_request.cc b/src/v/kafka/requests/fetch_request.cc
index 5f42bc19c4f75..226925c0b2b9c 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/requests/fetch_request.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/requests/fetch_request.cc
@@ -265,11 +265,12 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const fetch_response& r) {
  * Make a partition response error.
  */
 static fetch_response::partition_response
-make_partition_response_error(error_code error) {
+make_partition_response_error(model::partition_id p_id, error_code error) {
     return fetch_response::partition_response{
+      .id = p_id,
       .error = error,
-      .high_watermark = model::offset(0),
-      .last_stable_offset = model::offset(0),
+      .high_watermark = model::offset(-1),
+      .last_stable_offset = model::offset(-1),
       .record_set = iobuf(),
     };
 }
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ make_partition_response_error(error_code error) {
 static ss::future<fetch_response::partition_response>
 make_ready_partition_response_error(error_code error) {
     return ss::make_ready_future<fetch_response::partition_response>(
-      make_partition_response_error(error));
+      // partiton id will be modified when assembling the response further
+      make_partition_response_error(model::partition_id(-1), error));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ handle_ntp_fetch(op_context& octx, model::ntp ntp, fetch_config config) {
                * error codes.
                */
               octx.set_partition_response(make_partition_response_error(
-                error_code::unknown_server_error));
+                p_id, error_code::unknown_server_error));
           }
       });
 }
@@ -455,15 +457,15 @@ static ss::future<> fetch_topic_partition(
 
     if (
       model::timeout_clock::now() > octx.deadline.value_or(model::no_timeout)) {
-        octx.set_partition_response(
-          make_partition_response_error(error_code::request_timed_out));
+        octx.set_partition_response(make_partition_response_error(
+          part.id, error_code::request_timed_out));
         return ss::now();
     }
 
     // if over budget create placeholder response
     if (octx.bytes_left <= 0) {
-        octx.set_partition_response(
-          make_partition_response_error(error_code::message_too_large));
+        octx.set_partition_response(make_partition_response_error(
+          part.id, error_code::message_too_large));
         return ss::now();
     }
     // if we already have data in response for this partition skip it