diff --git a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java
index 921bd72ecf25e..5e8ab9afcf38f 100644
--- a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java
+++ b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClient.java
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ private boolean hasValidClusterId(String requestClusterId) {
      * - {@link Errors#INVALID_REQUEST} if the request epoch is larger than the leader's current epoch
      *     or if either the fetch offset or the last fetched epoch is invalid
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("CyclomaticComplexity")
     private CompletableFuture<FetchResponseData> handleFetchRequest(
         RaftRequest.Inbound requestMetadata,
         long currentTimeMs
@@ -1512,6 +1513,9 @@ private CompletableFuture<FetchResponseData> handleFetchRequest(
             FetchRequest.replicaId(request),
             fetchPartition.replicaDirectoryId()
         );
+        if (quorum.isLeader()) {
+            quorum.leaderStateOrThrow().updateLastReceivedFetchRequest(replicaKey, currentTimeMs);
+        }
         FetchResponseData response = tryCompleteFetchRequest(
             requestMetadata.listenerName(),
             requestMetadata.apiVersion(),
@@ -2856,7 +2860,7 @@ private long maybeSendRequests(
         return minBackoffMs;
     }
 
-    private long maybeSendRequest(
+    private long maybeSendRequests(
         long currentTimeMs,
         Set<ReplicaKey> remoteVoters,
         Function<Integer, Node> destinationSupplier,
@@ -3043,12 +3047,17 @@ private long maybeSendBeginQuorumEpochRequests(
                         )
                     );
 
-            timeUntilNextBeginQuorumSend = maybeSendRequest(
+            Set<ReplicaKey> needToSendBeginQuorumRequest = state.needSendBeginQuorumRequestReplicaKey(currentTimeMs);
+            Set<Integer> needToSendBeginQuorumRequestNode = needToSendBeginQuorumRequest.stream().
+                    map(ReplicaKey::id).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+            timeUntilNextBeginQuorumSend = maybeSendRequests(
                 currentTimeMs,
                 voters
                     .voterKeys()
                     .stream()
                     .filter(key -> key.id() != quorum.localIdOrThrow())
+                    .filter(key -> !needToSendBeginQuorumRequestNode.contains(key.id()))
                     .collect(Collectors.toSet()),
                 nodeSupplier,
                 this::buildBeginQuorumEpochRequest
@@ -3131,7 +3140,7 @@ private long maybeSendVoteRequests(
         if (!state.epochElection().isVoteRejected()) {
             VoterSet voters = partitionState.lastVoterSet();
             boolean preVote = quorum.isProspective();
-            return maybeSendRequest(
+            return maybeSendRequests(
                 currentTimeMs,
                 state.epochElection().unrecordedVoters(),
                 voterId -> voters
diff --git a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/LeaderState.java b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/LeaderState.java
index 7c379275a0e50..9f505c6ef33bf 100644
--- a/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/LeaderState.java
+++ b/raft/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/LeaderState.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import static org.apache.kafka.raft.ReplicaKey.NO_DIRECTORY_ID;
+
 /**
  * In the context of LeaderState, an acknowledged voter means one who has acknowledged the current leader by either
  * responding to a `BeginQuorumEpoch` request from the leader or by beginning to send `Fetch` requests.
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ public class LeaderState<T> implements EpochState {
     private final Timer beginQuorumEpochTimer;
     private final int beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs;
     private final KafkaRaftMetrics kafkaRaftMetrics;
+    private final Map<ReplicaKey, Long> lastFetchRequestMs = new HashMap<>();
 
     // This is volatile because resignation can be requested from an external thread.
     private volatile boolean resignRequested = false;
@@ -188,6 +191,22 @@ public void resetBeginQuorumEpochTimer(long currentTimeMs) {
         beginQuorumEpochTimer.reset(beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs);
     }
 
+    public void updateLastReceivedFetchRequest(ReplicaKey replicaKey, long currentTimeMs) {
+        beginQuorumEpochTimer.update(currentTimeMs);
+        lastFetchRequestMs.put(replicaKey, beginQuorumEpochTimer.currentTimeMs());
+    }
+
+    public Set<ReplicaKey> needSendBeginQuorumRequestReplicaKey(long currentTimeMs) {
+        Set<ReplicaKey> replicaKeys = new HashSet<>();
+        beginQuorumEpochTimer.update(currentTimeMs);
+        for (Map.Entry<ReplicaKey, Long> entry : lastFetchRequestMs.entrySet()) {
+            if (beginQuorumEpochTimer.currentTimeMs() - entry.getValue() >= beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs) {
+                replicaKeys.add(ReplicaKey.of(entry.getKey().id(), entry.getKey().directoryId().orElse(NO_DIRECTORY_ID)));
+            }
+        }
+        return replicaKeys;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the remaining time in milliseconds until the checkQuorumTimer expires.
      *
diff --git a/raft/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClientTest.java b/raft/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClientTest.java
index 4687fd3d90376..cd96350316a8f 100644
--- a/raft/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClientTest.java
+++ b/raft/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/raft/KafkaRaftClientTest.java
@@ -633,6 +633,39 @@ public void testBeginQuorumEpochHeartbeat(boolean withKip853Rpc) throws Exceptio
         context.assertSentBeginQuorumEpochRequest(epoch, Set.of(remoteId1, remoteId2));
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(booleans = { true, false })
+    public void testBeginQuorumShouldNotSendAfterFetchRequest(boolean withKip853Rpc) throws Exception {
+        int localId = randomReplicaId();
+        int remoteId1 = localId + 1;
+        int remoteId2 = localId + 2;
+        Set<Integer> voters = Set.of(localId, remoteId1, remoteId2);
+        ReplicaKey replicaKey = replicaKey(localId + 1, withKip853Rpc);
+
+        RaftClientTestContext context = new RaftClientTestContext.Builder(localId, voters)
+                .withKip853Rpc(withKip853Rpc)
+                .build();
+
+        context.unattachedToLeader();
+        int epoch = context.currentEpoch();
+        assertEquals(OptionalInt.of(localId), context.currentLeader());
+
+        // begin epoch requests should be sent out every beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs
+        context.time.sleep(context.beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs);
+        context.client.poll();
+        context.assertSentBeginQuorumEpochRequest(epoch, Set.of(remoteId1, remoteId2));
+
+        context.time.sleep(context.beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs / 3);
+        context.deliverRequest(context.fetchRequest(epoch, replicaKey, 0, 0, 0));
+        context.pollUntilResponse();
+
+        context.time.sleep(context.beginQuorumEpochTimeoutMs);
+        context.client.poll();
+        // don't send BeginQuorumEpochRequest again if fetchRequest is sent.
+        context.assertSentBeginQuorumEpochRequest(epoch, Set.of(remoteId2));
+    }
+
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(booleans = { true, false })
     public void testLeaderShouldResignLeadershipIfNotGetFetchRequestFromMajorityVoters(boolean withKip853Rpc) throws Exception {