diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/kafka_consumer_config.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/kafka_consumer_config.py
index cac6bb4996391..f08c78cadc0b2 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/kafka_consumer_config.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/kafka_consumer_config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import inspect
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
@@ -34,5 +35,34 @@ def _resolve_oauth_callback(self) -> None:
             "oauth_cb must be a string representing python function reference "
             "in the format <python-module>:<function-name>."
         )
+
+        call_back_fn = import_path(call_back)
+        self._validate_call_back_fn_signature(call_back_fn)
+
         # Set the callback
-        self._config[CallableConsumerConfig.CALLBACK_ATTRIBUTE] = import_path(call_back)
+        self._config[CallableConsumerConfig.CALLBACK_ATTRIBUTE] = call_back_fn
+
+    def _validate_call_back_fn_signature(self, call_back_fn: Any) -> None:
+        sig = inspect.signature(call_back_fn)
+
+        num_positional_args = len(
+            [
+                param
+                for param in sig.parameters.values()
+                if param.kind
+                in (
+                    inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY,
+                    inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD,
+                )
+                and param.default == inspect.Parameter.empty
+            ]
+        )
+
+        has_variadic_args = any(
+            param.kind == inspect.Parameter.VAR_POSITIONAL
+            for param in sig.parameters.values()
+        )
+
+        assert num_positional_args == 1 or (
+            has_variadic_args and num_positional_args <= 1
+        ), "oauth_cb function must accept single positional argument."
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/oauth.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/oauth.py
index 28cfee521d6c0..81a91fcd5e406 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/oauth.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/oauth.py
@@ -12,3 +12,19 @@ def create_token(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Tuple[str, int]:
         "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjbGllbnRfaWQiOiJrYWZrYV9jbGllbnQiLCJleHAiOjE2OTg3NjYwMDB9.dummy_sig_abcdef123456",
         3600,
     )
+
+
+def create_token_no_args() -> Tuple[str, int]:
+    logger.warning(MESSAGE)
+    return (
+        "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjbGllbnRfaWQiOiJrYWZrYV9jbGllbnQiLCJleHAiOjE2OTg3NjYwMDB9.dummy_sig_abcdef123456",
+        3600,
+    )
+
+
+def create_token_only_kwargs(**kwargs: Any) -> Tuple[str, int]:
+    logger.warning(MESSAGE)
+    return (
+        "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjbGllbnRfaWQiOiJrYWZrYV9jbGllbnQiLCJleHAiOjE2OTg3NjYwMDB9.dummy_sig_abcdef123456",
+        3600,
+    )
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/test_kafka.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/test_kafka.py
index 7462f177684b7..bf0ec1845a66c 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/test_kafka.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/kafka/test_kafka.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 import yaml
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 
+from datahub.configuration.common import ConfigurationError
 from datahub.ingestion.api.source import SourceCapability
 from datahub.ingestion.run.pipeline import Pipeline
-from datahub.ingestion.source.kafka.kafka import KafkaSource
+from datahub.ingestion.source.kafka.kafka import KafkaSource, KafkaSourceConfig
 from tests.integration.kafka import oauth  # type: ignore
 from tests.test_helpers import mce_helpers, test_connection_helpers
 from tests.test_helpers.click_helpers import run_datahub_cmd
@@ -157,3 +158,31 @@ def test_kafka_oauth_callback(
     assert checks["consumer_oauth_callback"], "Consumer oauth callback not found"
     assert checks["admin_polling"], "Admin polling was not initiated"
     assert checks["admin_oauth_callback"], "Admin oauth callback not found"
+
+
+def test_kafka_source_oauth_cb_signature():
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ConfigurationError,
+        match=("oauth_cb function must accept single positional argument."),
+    ):
+        KafkaSourceConfig.parse_obj(
+            {
+                "connection": {
+                    "bootstrap": "foobar:9092",
+                    "consumer_config": {"oauth_cb": "oauth:create_token_no_args"},
+                }
+            }
+        )
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ConfigurationError,
+        match=("oauth_cb function must accept single positional argument."),
+    ):
+        KafkaSourceConfig.parse_obj(
+            {
+                "connection": {
+                    "bootstrap": "foobar:9092",
+                    "consumer_config": {"oauth_cb": "oauth:create_token_only_kwargs"},
+                }
+            }
+        )