diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/TransactionState.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/TransactionState.java
index 9ff0966ae761a..bc994e450c2d2 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/TransactionState.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/TransactionState.java
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ public String toString() {
     }
 
     public static TransactionState parse(String name) {
-        TransactionState state = NAME_TO_ENUM.get(name);
-        return state == null ? UNKNOWN : state;
+        return NAME_TO_ENUM.getOrDefault(name, UNKNOWN);
     }
 
 }