diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/annotation/ErrorStrategyValue.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/annotation/ErrorStrategyValue.java
index 12d72d811..3aa6ac4d0 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/annotation/ErrorStrategyValue.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/annotation/ErrorStrategyValue.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package io.micronaut.configuration.kafka.annotation;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 /**
  * Defines the type of error handling strategy that micronaut-kafka will perform in case
  * of error. The default exception handler or any custom exception handler will be performed
@@ -54,5 +56,30 @@ public enum ErrorStrategyValue {
      * See https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-kafka/issues/372
      */
     @Deprecated
-    NONE
+    NONE;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return Whether this is a retry error strategy.
+     */
+    public boolean isRetry() {
+        return this == RETRY_ON_ERROR || this == RETRY_EXPONENTIALLY_ON_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compute retry delay given a fixed delay and the number of attempts.
+     *
+     * @param fixedRetryDelay The fixed retry delay.
+     * @param retryAttempts The number of retries so far.
+     * @return The amount of time to wait before trying again.
+     */
+    public Duration computeRetryDelay(Duration fixedRetryDelay, long retryAttempts) {
+        if (!isRetry()) {
+            return Duration.ZERO;
+        }
+        if (this == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_EXPONENTIALLY_ON_ERROR) {
+            return fixedRetryDelay.multipliedBy(1L << (retryAttempts - 1));
+        }
+        return fixedRetryDelay;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/ConsumerState.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/ConsumerState.java
index ad057a01f..02c941084 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/ConsumerState.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/ConsumerState.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ final class ConsumerState {
             ? errorStrategyAnnotation.getRequiredValue(ErrorStrategyValue.class)
             : ErrorStrategyValue.NONE;
 
-        if (isRetryErrorStrategy(errorStrategy)) {
+        if (errorStrategy.isRetry()) {
             Duration retryDelay = errorStrategyAnnotation.get("retryDelay", Duration.class)
                 .orElse(Duration.ofSeconds(ErrorStrategy.DEFAULT_DELAY_IN_SECONDS));
             this.errorStrategyRetryDelay = retryDelay.isNegative() || retryDelay.isZero() ? null : retryDelay;
@@ -209,8 +209,4 @@ synchronized void pauseTopicPartitions() {
         }
         _pausedTopicPartitions.addAll(validPauseRequests);
     }
-
-    private static boolean isRetryErrorStrategy(ErrorStrategyValue currentErrorStrategy) {
-        return currentErrorStrategy == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_ON_ERROR || currentErrorStrategy == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_EXPONENTIALLY_ON_ERROR;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/KafkaConsumerProcessor.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/KafkaConsumerProcessor.java
index a2400b34b..4c6956489 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/KafkaConsumerProcessor.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/processor/KafkaConsumerProcessor.java
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ private boolean resolveWithErrorStrategy(ConsumerState consumerState,
 
         ErrorStrategyValue currentErrorStrategy = consumerState.errorStrategy;
 
-        if (isRetryErrorStrategy(currentErrorStrategy) && consumerState.errorStrategyExceptions.length > 0 && Arrays.stream(consumerState.errorStrategyExceptions).noneMatch(error -> error.equals(e.getClass()))) {
+        if (currentErrorStrategy.isRetry() && consumerState.errorStrategyExceptions.length > 0 && Arrays.stream(consumerState.errorStrategyExceptions).noneMatch(error -> error.equals(e.getClass()))) {
             if (consumerState.partitionRetries != null) {
                 consumerState.partitionRetries.remove(consumerRecord.partition());
             }
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ private boolean resolveWithErrorStrategy(ConsumerState consumerState,
             currentErrorStrategy = ErrorStrategyValue.RESUME_AT_NEXT_RECORD;
         }
 
-        if (isRetryErrorStrategy(currentErrorStrategy) && consumerState.errorStrategyRetryCount != 0) {
+        if (currentErrorStrategy.isRetry() && consumerState.errorStrategyRetryCount != 0) {
             if (consumerState.partitionRetries == null) {
                 consumerState.partitionRetries = new HashMap<>();
             }
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ private boolean resolveWithErrorStrategy(ConsumerState consumerState,
                 TopicPartition topicPartition = new TopicPartition(consumerRecord.topic(), partition);
                 consumerState.kafkaConsumer.seek(topicPartition, consumerRecord.offset());
 
-                Duration retryDelay = computeRetryDelay(currentErrorStrategy, consumerState.errorStrategyRetryDelay, retryState.currentRetryCount);
+                Duration retryDelay = currentErrorStrategy.computeRetryDelay(consumerState.errorStrategyRetryDelay, retryState.currentRetryCount);
                 if (retryDelay != null) {
                     // in the stop on error strategy, pause the consumer and resume after the retryDelay duration
                     Set<TopicPartition> paused = Collections.singleton(topicPartition);
@@ -695,20 +695,6 @@ private boolean resolveWithErrorStrategy(ConsumerState consumerState,
         return currentErrorStrategy != ErrorStrategyValue.RESUME_AT_NEXT_RECORD;
     }
 
-    private static boolean isRetryErrorStrategy(ErrorStrategyValue currentErrorStrategy) {
-        return currentErrorStrategy == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_ON_ERROR || currentErrorStrategy == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_EXPONENTIALLY_ON_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    private Duration computeRetryDelay(ErrorStrategyValue errorStrategy, Duration fixedRetryDelay, long retryAttempts) {
-        if (errorStrategy == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_ON_ERROR) {
-            return fixedRetryDelay;
-        } else if (errorStrategy == ErrorStrategyValue.RETRY_EXPONENTIALLY_ON_ERROR) {
-            return fixedRetryDelay.multipliedBy(1L << (retryAttempts - 1));
-        } else {
-            return Duration.ZERO;
-        }
-    }
-
     private boolean processConsumerRecordsAsBatch(final ConsumerState consumerState,
                                                   final ExecutableMethod<?, ?> method,
                                                   final Map<Argument<?>, Object> boundArguments,