diff --git a/monasca_common/confluent_kafka/consumer.py b/monasca_common/confluent_kafka/consumer.py
index de645635..334a47e4 100644
--- a/monasca_common/confluent_kafka/consumer.py
+++ b/monasca_common/confluent_kafka/consumer.py
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ class KafkaConsumer(object):
                 continue
             elif not message.error():
                 yield message
+            elif message.error().code() == \
+                    confluent_kafka.KafkaError._PARTITION_EOF:
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+                continue
             else:
                 log.error("Kafka error: %s", message.error().str())
                 raise confluent_kafka.KafkaException(message.error())