diff --git a/src/v/config/configuration.cc b/src/v/config/configuration.cc
index a6a15736c56c..2dc465b6d443 100644
--- a/src/v/config/configuration.cc
+++ b/src/v/config/configuration.cc
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ configuration::configuration()
       "group_initial_rebalance_delay",
       "Extra delay (ms) added to rebalance phase to wait for new members",
       {.needs_restart = needs_restart::no, .visibility = visibility::tunable},
-      300ms)
+      3s)
   , group_new_member_join_timeout(
       *this,
       "group_new_member_join_timeout",
diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/group_manager.cc b/src/v/kafka/server/group_manager.cc
index e28d8cd3c0ae..821507b622a8 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/group_manager.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/group_manager.cc
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ group::join_group_stages group_manager::join_group(join_group_request&& r) {
 
     auto ret = group->handle_join_group(std::move(r), is_new_group);
     return group::join_group_stages(
-      std::move(ret.dispatched), ret.result.finally([group] {}));
+      ret.dispatched.finally([group] {}), ret.result.finally([group] {}));
 }
 
 group::sync_group_stages group_manager::sync_group(sync_group_request&& r) {
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ group::sync_group_stages group_manager::sync_group(sync_group_request&& r) {
     if (group) {
         auto stages = group->handle_sync_group(std::move(r));
         return group::sync_group_stages(
-          std::move(stages.dispatched), stages.result.finally([group] {}));
+          stages.dispatched.finally([group] {}),
+          stages.result.finally([group] {}));
     } else {
         vlog(
           klog.trace,
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/compacted_topic_verifier_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/compacted_topic_verifier_test.py
index f257dc2cf7bd..9a80f7691cc2 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/compacted_topic_verifier_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/compacted_topic_verifier_test.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def __init__(self, test_context):
         extra_rp_conf = dict(
             log_compaction_interval_ms=2000,
             compacted_log_segment_size=1048576,
+            group_initial_rebalance_delay=300,
         )
 
         super(CompactedTopicVerifierTest,
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/shadow_indexing_tx_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/shadow_indexing_tx_test.py
index 0e851b1e7830..5c5578eb8e07 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/shadow_indexing_tx_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/shadow_indexing_tx_test.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, test_context):
             enable_transactions=True,
             enable_leader_balancer=False,
             enable_auto_rebalance_on_node_add=False,
+            group_initial_rebalance_delay=300,
         )
 
         si_settings = SISettings(cloud_storage_reconciliation_interval_ms=500,