diff --git a/spring-integration-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/core/DefaultConnectionFactory.java b/spring-integration-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/core/DefaultConnectionFactory.java
index 1870c56676..37daf9b499 100644
--- a/spring-integration-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/core/DefaultConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/spring-integration-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/core/DefaultConnectionFactory.java
@@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ public class DefaultConnectionFactory implements InitializingBean, ConnectionFac
 			PartitionIterable<TopicMetadata> selectWithoutErrors = Iterate.partition(topicMetadataResponse.topicsMetadata(),
 					errorlessTopicMetadataPredicate);
 			this.metadataCacheHolder.set(this.metadataCacheHolder.get().merge(selectWithoutErrors.getSelected()));
-			for (TopicMetadata topicMetadata : selectWithoutErrors.getRejected()) {
-				log.error(String.format("No metadata could be retrieved for '%s'", topicMetadata.topic()),
-						ErrorMapping.exceptionFor(topicMetadata.errorCode()));
+			if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
+				for (TopicMetadata topicMetadata : selectWithoutErrors.getRejected()) {
+					log.info(String.format("No metadata could be retrieved for '%s'", topicMetadata.topic()),
+							ErrorMapping.exceptionFor(topicMetadata.errorCode()));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		finally {
diff --git a/spring-integration-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/listener/Testing.java b/spring-integration-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/listener/Testing.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a94db23df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/kafka/listener/Testing.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.integration.kafka.listener;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.core.BrokerAddress;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.core.BrokerAddressListConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.core.ConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.core.DefaultConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.core.Partition;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.inbound.KafkaMessageDrivenChannelAdapter;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainerTest.KeyedMessageWithOffset;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.serializer.common.StringDecoder;
+import org.springframework.integration.kafka.support.KafkaHeaders;
+import org.springframework.integration.metadata.PropertiesPersistingMetadataStore;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
+
+import com.gs.collections.api.multimap.list.MutableListMultimap;
+import com.gs.collections.impl.multimap.list.SynchronizedPutFastListMultimap;
+
+/**
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 4.1
+ *
+ */
+public class Testing {
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() throws Exception {
+		ArrayList<Partition> readPartitions = new ArrayList<Partition>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+			readPartitions.add(new Partition("test-topic", i));
+		}
+		ConnectionFactory kafkaBrokerConnectionFactory = getKafkaBrokerConnectionFactory();
+		final KafkaMessageListenerContainer kafkaMessageListenerContainer = new KafkaMessageListenerContainer(
+				kafkaBrokerConnectionFactory, readPartitions.toArray(new Partition[readPartitions.size()]));
+		kafkaMessageListenerContainer.setMaxFetch(100);
+		kafkaMessageListenerContainer.setConcurrency(2);
+		PropertiesPersistingMetadataStore metadataStore = new PropertiesPersistingMetadataStore();
+		metadataStore.afterPropertiesSet();
+		MetadataStoreOffsetManager offsetManager = new MetadataStoreOffsetManager(kafkaBrokerConnectionFactory);
+		offsetManager.setMetadataStore(metadataStore);
+		kafkaMessageListenerContainer.setOffsetManager(offsetManager);
+
+		int expectedMessageCount = 100;
+
+		final MutableListMultimap<Integer,KeyedMessageWithOffset> receivedData = new SynchronizedPutFastListMultimap<Integer, KeyedMessageWithOffset>();
+		final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(expectedMessageCount);
+
+		KafkaMessageDrivenChannelAdapter kafkaInboundChannelAdapter = new KafkaMessageDrivenChannelAdapter(kafkaMessageListenerContainer);
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.setBeanFactory(mock(BeanFactory.class));
+
+		StringDecoder decoder = new StringDecoder();
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.setKeyDecoder(decoder);
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.setPayloadDecoder(decoder);
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.setOutputChannel(new MessageChannel() {
+			@Override
+			public boolean send(Message<?> message) {
+				latch.countDown();
+				System.out.println(message);
+				return receivedData.put(
+						(Integer)message.getHeaders().get(KafkaHeaders.PARTITION_ID),
+						new KeyedMessageWithOffset(
+								(String)message.getHeaders().get(KafkaHeaders.MESSAGE_KEY),
+								(String)message.getPayload(),
+								(Long)message.getHeaders().get(KafkaHeaders.OFFSET),
+								Thread.currentThread().getName(),
+								(Integer)message.getHeaders().get(KafkaHeaders.PARTITION_ID)));
+			}
+
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean send(Message<?> message, long timeout) {
+				return send(message);
+			}
+		});
+
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.afterPropertiesSet();
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.start();
+
+		Thread.sleep(100000);
+
+		kafkaInboundChannelAdapter.stop();
+		metadataStore.destroy();
+	}
+
+	public ConnectionFactory getKafkaBrokerConnectionFactory() throws Exception {
+		DefaultConnectionFactory kafkaBrokerConnectionFactory = new DefaultConnectionFactory(
+				new BrokerAddressListConfiguration(Collections.singletonList(BrokerAddress.fromAddress("localhost:9092"))));
+		kafkaBrokerConnectionFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return kafkaBrokerConnectionFactory;
+	}
+
+}