diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ShareFetchResponse.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ShareFetchResponse.java
index 0c40ea2039a40..4248ce65046fb 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ShareFetchResponse.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ShareFetchResponse.java
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ public class ShareFetchResponse extends AbstractResponse {
 
     private final ShareFetchResponseData data;
 
-    private volatile LinkedHashMap<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> responseData = null;
-
     public ShareFetchResponse(ShareFetchResponseData data) {
         super(ApiKeys.SHARE_FETCH);
         this.data = data;
@@ -84,23 +82,14 @@ public Map<Errors, Integer> errorCounts() {
     }
 
     public LinkedHashMap<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> responseData(Map<Uuid, String> topicNames) {
-        if (responseData == null) {
-            synchronized (this) {
-                // Assigning the lazy-initialized `responseData` in the last step
-                // to avoid other threads accessing a half-initialized object.
-                if (responseData == null) {
-                    final LinkedHashMap<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> responseDataTmp = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-                    data.responses().forEach(topicResponse -> {
-                        String name = topicNames.get(topicResponse.topicId());
-                        if (name != null) {
-                            topicResponse.partitions().forEach(partitionData -> responseDataTmp.put(new TopicIdPartition(topicResponse.topicId(),
-                                    new TopicPartition(name, partitionData.partitionIndex())), partitionData));
-                        }
-                    });
-                    responseData = responseDataTmp;
-                }
+        final LinkedHashMap<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> responseData = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        data.responses().forEach(topicResponse -> {
+            String name = topicNames.get(topicResponse.topicId());
+            if (name != null) {
+                topicResponse.partitions().forEach(partitionData -> responseData.put(new TopicIdPartition(topicResponse.topicId(),
+                        new TopicPartition(name, partitionData.partitionIndex())), partitionData));
             }
-        }
+        });
         return responseData;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/share/fetch/ShareFetchTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/share/fetch/ShareFetchTest.java
index f7e29e2484f5f..2bd63df869ecd 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/share/fetch/ShareFetchTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/share/fetch/ShareFetchTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicIdPartition;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.Uuid;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.compress.Compression;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.message.ShareFetchResponseData;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.Errors;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.record.MemoryRecords;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.record.MemoryRecordsBuilder;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.record.TimestampType;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.ShareFetchResponse;
 import org.apache.kafka.server.storage.log.FetchParams;
 import org.apache.kafka.storage.log.metrics.BrokerTopicStats;
 
@@ -27,6 +34,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -66,6 +75,21 @@ public void testErrorInAllPartitions() {
         assertTrue(shareFetch.errorInAllPartitions());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDontCacheAnyData() {
+        final TopicIdPartition tidp = new TopicIdPartition(Uuid.randomUuid(), 0, "topic");
+        MemoryRecords records = buildRecords(1L, 3, 1);
+
+        ShareFetchResponse shareFetch = shareFetchResponse(tidp, records, Errors.NONE, "", (short) 0,
+                "", List.of(), 0);
+        LinkedHashMap<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> responseData = shareFetch.responseData(Map.of(tidp.topicId(), tidp.topic()));
+        assertEquals(1, responseData.size());
+        responseData.forEach((topicIdPartition, partitionData) -> assertEquals(records, partitionData.records()));
+
+        LinkedHashMap<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> nonResponseData = shareFetch.responseData(Map.of());
+        assertEquals(0, nonResponseData.size());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testErrorInAllPartitionsWithMultipleTopicIdPartitions() {
         TopicIdPartition topicIdPartition0 = new TopicIdPartition(Uuid.randomUuid(), new TopicPartition("foo", 0));
@@ -201,4 +225,27 @@ public void testMaybeCompleteWithExceptionWithExistingErroneousTopicPartition()
         assertEquals(1, brokerTopicStats.allTopicsStats().failedShareFetchRequestRate().count());
         assertEquals(1, brokerTopicStats.topicStats("foo").failedShareFetchRequestRate().count());
     }
+
+    private MemoryRecords buildRecords(long baseOffset, int count, long firstMessageId) {
+        MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(
+                ByteBuffer.allocate(1024), Compression.NONE, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, baseOffset);
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+            builder.append(0L, "key".getBytes(), ("value-" + (firstMessageId + i)).getBytes());
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
+    private ShareFetchResponse shareFetchResponse(TopicIdPartition tp, MemoryRecords records, Errors error,
+                                                  String errorMessage, short acknowledgeErrorCode, String acknowledgeErrorMessage,
+                                                  List<ShareFetchResponseData.AcquiredRecords> acquiredRecords, int throttleTime) {
+        Map<TopicIdPartition, ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData> partitions = Map.of(tp,
+                new ShareFetchResponseData.PartitionData()
+                        .setPartitionIndex(tp.topicPartition().partition())
+                        .setErrorCode(error.code())
+                        .setErrorMessage(errorMessage)
+                        .setAcknowledgeErrorCode(acknowledgeErrorCode)
+                        .setAcknowledgeErrorMessage(acknowledgeErrorMessage)
+                        .setRecords(records)
+                        .setAcquiredRecords(acquiredRecords));
+        return ShareFetchResponse.of(Errors.NONE, throttleTime, new LinkedHashMap<>(partitions), List.of(), Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+    }
 }