diff --git a/crates/dekaf/src/session.rs b/crates/dekaf/src/session.rs
index d68e0899e8..90e53a46ce 100644
--- a/crates/dekaf/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/dekaf/src/session.rs
@@ -569,30 +569,45 @@ impl Session {
                     hit_timeout = true
                 }
 
-                partition_responses.push(
-                    PartitionData::default()
-                        .with_partition_index(partition_request.partition)
-                        // `kafka-protocol` encodes None here using a length of -1, but librdkafka client library
-                        // complains with: `Protocol parse failure for Fetch v11 ... invalid MessageSetSize -1`
-                        // An empty Bytes will get encoded with a length of 0, which works fine.
-                        .with_records(batch.or(Some(Bytes::new())).to_owned())
-                        .with_high_watermark(pending.last_write_head) // Map to kafka cursor.
-                        .with_last_stable_offset(pending.last_write_head),
-                );
-
-                if read.rewrite_offsets_from.is_none() {
-                    pending.offset = read.offset;
-                    pending.last_write_head = read.last_write_head;
-                    pending.handle =
-                        tokio_util::task::AbortOnDropHandle::new(tokio::spawn(read.next_batch(
-                            crate::read::ReadTarget::Bytes(
-                                partition_request.partition_max_bytes as usize,
+                let mut partition_data = PartitionData::default()
+                    .with_partition_index(partition_request.partition)
+                    // `kafka-protocol` encodes None here using a length of -1, but librdkafka client library
+                    // complains with: `Protocol parse failure for Fetch v11 ... invalid MessageSetSize -1`
+                    // An empty Bytes will get encoded with a length of 0, which works fine.
+                    .with_records(batch.or(Some(Bytes::new())).to_owned());
+
+                match &self.data_preview_state {
+                    SessionDataPreviewState::Unknown => {
+                        unreachable!("Must have already determined data-preview status of session")
+                    }
+                    SessionDataPreviewState::NotDataPreview => {
+                        partition_data = partition_data
+                            .with_high_watermark(pending.last_write_head) // Map to kafka cursor.
+                            .with_last_stable_offset(pending.last_write_head);
+
+                        pending.offset = read.offset;
+                        pending.last_write_head = read.last_write_head;
+                        pending.handle = tokio_util::task::AbortOnDropHandle::new(tokio::spawn(
+                            read.next_batch(
+                                crate::read::ReadTarget::Bytes(
+                                    partition_request.partition_max_bytes as usize,
+                                ),
+                                std::time::Instant::now() + timeout,
                             ),
-                            std::time::Instant::now() + timeout,
-                        )));
-                } else {
-                    self.reads.remove(&key);
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    SessionDataPreviewState::DataPreview(data_preview_states) => {
+                        let data_preview_state = data_preview_states
+                            .get(&key)
+                            .expect("should be able to find data preview state by this point");
+                        partition_data = partition_data
+                            .with_high_watermark(data_preview_state.offset) // Map to kafka cursor.
+                            .with_last_stable_offset(data_preview_state.offset);
+                        self.reads.remove(&key);
+                    }
                 }
+
+                partition_responses.push(partition_data);
             }
 
             topic_responses.push(