diff --git a/kafka/txn_integration_test.go b/kafka/txn_integration_test.go
index 4d2c57461..4cd298465 100644
--- a/kafka/txn_integration_test.go
+++ b/kafka/txn_integration_test.go
@@ -297,6 +297,19 @@ func TestTransactionalSendOffsets(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Create consumer (to read committed offsets) prior to closing the
+		// consumer to trigger the race condition where the transaction is
+		// not fully committed by the time consumer.Committed() is called.
+		// Prior to KIP-447 this would result in the committed offsets not
+		// showing up, but with KIP-447 the consumer automatically retries
+		// the offset retrieval.
+		t.Logf("Creating consumer for (later) offset retrieval\n")
+		consumer, err := NewConsumer(consumerConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to create Consumer client: %s\n", err)
+		}
+
+		// Close producer
 		// signal go-routine to finish
 		close(termChan)
 		// wait for go-routine to finish
@@ -304,27 +317,7 @@ func TestTransactionalSendOffsets(t *testing.T) {
 
 		producer.Close()
 
-		// Until KIP-447 is implemented we need to call
-		// InitTransactions() after transactions are committed to make
-		// sure the committed offsets are made available to consumers.
-		producer2, err := NewProducer(config)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Failed to create Producer client: %s\n", err)
-		}
-
-		err = producer2.InitTransactions(nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("InitTransactions() failed: %v\n", err)
-		}
-
-		producer2.Close()
-
-		// Read committed offsets.
-		consumer, err := NewConsumer(consumerConfig)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Failed to create Consumer client: %s\n", err)
-		}
-
+		t.Logf("Retrieving committed offsets\n")
 		committed, err := consumer.Committed(partitions, -1)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Failed to get committed offsets: %s\n", err)