diff --git a/kafka/coordinator/base.py b/kafka/coordinator/base.py
index dd40bf5d4..0edd50616 100644
--- a/kafka/coordinator/base.py
+++ b/kafka/coordinator/base.py
@@ -252,12 +252,16 @@ def ensure_coordinator_ready(self, timeout_ms=None):
                 # so we will just pick a node at random and treat
                 # it as the "coordinator"
                 if self.config['api_version'] < (0, 8, 2):
-                    self.coordinator_id = self._client.least_loaded_node()
-                    if self.coordinator_id is not None:
+                    maybe_coordinator_id = self._client.least_loaded_node()
+                    if maybe_coordinator_id is None or self._client.cluster.is_bootstrap(maybe_coordinator_id):
+                        future = Future().failure(Errors.NoBrokersAvailable())
+                    else:
+                        self.coordinator_id = maybe_coordinator_id
                         self._client.maybe_connect(self.coordinator_id)
-                    continue
+                        continue
+                else:
+                    future = self.lookup_coordinator()
 
-                future = self.lookup_coordinator()
                 self._client.poll(future=future, timeout_ms=inner_timeout_ms())
 
                 if not future.is_done:
@@ -677,7 +681,7 @@ def _send_group_coordinator_request(self):
             Future: resolves to the node id of the coordinator
         """
         node_id = self._client.least_loaded_node()
-        if node_id is None:
+        if node_id is None or self._client.cluster.is_bootstrap(node_id):
             return Future().failure(Errors.NoBrokersAvailable())
 
         elif not self._client.ready(node_id, metadata_priority=False):