diff --git a/karapace/backup/api.py b/karapace/backup/api.py
index 0d9248fbd..10ae7d6c1 100644
--- a/karapace/backup/api.py
+++ b/karapace/backup/api.py
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ def create_backup(
         with _consumer(config, topic_name) as consumer:
             (partition,) = consumer.partitions_for_topic(topic_name)
             topic_partition = TopicPartition(topic_name, partition)
-            consumer.assign([topic_partition])
 
             try:
                 data_file = _write_partition(
diff --git a/tests/integration/backup/test_v3_backup.py b/tests/integration/backup/test_v3_backup.py
index 054be6c7a..92db2aaa2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/backup/test_v3_backup.py
+++ b/tests/integration/backup/test_v3_backup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 from dataclasses import fields
 from kafka.errors import UnknownTopicOrPartitionError
 from karapace.backup import api
-from karapace.backup.api import _consume_records, TopicName
+from karapace.backup.api import _consume_records, BackupVersion, TopicName
+from karapace.backup.backends.v3.errors import InconsistentOffset
 from karapace.backup.backends.v3.readers import read_metadata
 from karapace.backup.backends.v3.schema import Metadata
 from karapace.backup.errors import BackupDataRestorationError, EmptyPartition
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 from karapace.backup.topic_configurations import ConfigSource, get_topic_configurations
 from karapace.config import Config, set_config_defaults
 from karapace.kafka.admin import KafkaAdminClient
+from karapace.kafka.consumer import KafkaConsumer
 from karapace.kafka.producer import KafkaProducer
 from karapace.kafka.types import Timestamp
 from karapace.kafka_utils import kafka_consumer_from_config, kafka_producer_from_config
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import textwrap
+import time
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -1043,3 +1046,75 @@ def test_gives_non_successful_exit_code_for_legacy_backup_format(
         assert cp.returncode == 1
         assert cp.stderr.decode() == error_message
         assert cp.stdout == b""
+
+
+def test_backup_creation_succeeds_no_duplicate_offsets(
+    kafka_servers: KafkaServers,
+    producer: KafkaProducer,
+    new_topic: NewTopic,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    """This test was added to prevent a regression scenario of duplicate offsets.
+
+    After introducing the confluent-kafka based consumer in the backups code,
+    backing up large topics would result in duplicate offsets, which would fail
+    the backup creation. The original code called `assign(TopicPartition(...))`
+    after `subscribe`, resulting in an eventual reset of the consumer.
+
+    The issue occurred only for large topics, as these had sufficient amount of
+    data for the consumer to reset before the backup was completed.
+
+    In this test a "large" topic is simulated by slowing down the consumer.
+    """
+    for i in range(1000):
+        producer.send(
+            new_topic.topic,
+            key=f"message-key-{i}",
+            value=f"message-value-{i}-" + 1000 * "X",
+        )
+    producer.flush()
+
+    backup_location = tmp_path / "fails.log"
+    config = set_config_defaults(
+        {
+            "bootstrap_uri": kafka_servers.bootstrap_servers,
+            "topic_name": new_topic.topic,
+        }
+    )
+
+    class SlowConsumer(KafkaConsumer):
+        def poll(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            # Slow down the consumer so more time is given for `assign` to kick in
+            # This simulates a backup of a _large_ topic
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+            return super().poll(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    class ConsumerContext:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self._consumer = SlowConsumer(
+                bootstrap_servers=kafka_servers.bootstrap_servers,
+                topic=new_topic.topic,
+                enable_auto_commit=False,
+                auto_offset_reset="earliest",
+            )
+            # Compare with `test_backup_creation_fails_with_consumer_subscribe_assign`,
+            # we do not call `assign` on the consumer here.
+
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self._consumer
+
+        def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
+            self._consumer.close()
+
+    with patch("karapace.backup.api._consumer") as consumer_patch:
+        consumer_patch.return_value = ConsumerContext()
+        try:
+            api.create_backup(
+                config=config,
+                backup_location=backup_location,
+                topic_name=api.normalize_topic_name(None, config),
+                version=BackupVersion.V3,
+                replication_factor=1,
+            )
+        except InconsistentOffset as exc:
+            pytest.fail(f"Unexpected InconsistentOffset error {exc}")