diff --git a/kafka/manager.go b/kafka/manager.go
index 1f64cf9e..9da79cdf 100644
--- a/kafka/manager.go
+++ b/kafka/manager.go
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ func (m *Manager) MonitorConsumerLag(topicConsumers []apmqueue.TopicConsumer) (m
 				}
 				for partition, lag := range partitions {
 					if lag.Err != nil {
+						if lag.Err == kerr.UnknownTopicOrPartition {
+							logger.Debug("error getting consumer group lag",
+								zap.String("group", l.Group),
+								zap.String("topic", topic),
+								zap.Int32("partition", partition),
+								zap.Error(lag.Err),
+							)
+							continue
+						}
 						logger.Warn("error getting consumer group lag",
 							zap.String("group", l.Group),
 							zap.String("topic", topic),
diff --git a/kafka/manager_test.go b/kafka/manager_test.go
index e6b24842..c341c86f 100644
--- a/kafka/manager_test.go
+++ b/kafka/manager_test.go
@@ -771,6 +771,134 @@ func TestListTopics(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"name_space-mytopic", "name_space-topic1", "name_space-topic3"}, topics)
 }
 
+func TestUnknownTopicOrPartition(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc     string
+		logLevel zapcore.Level
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:     "log UNKNOWN_TOPIC_OR_PARTITION error for consumer lag",
+			logLevel: zapcore.DebugLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:     "ignore UNKNOWN_TOPIC_OR_PARTITION error for consumer lag",
+			logLevel: zapcore.WarnLevel,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		reader := metric.NewManualReader()
+		mp := metric.NewMeterProvider(metric.WithReader(reader))
+		defer mp.Shutdown(context.Background())
+
+		cluster, commonConfig := newFakeCluster(t)
+		core, observedLogs := observer.New(tc.logLevel)
+
+		commonConfig.Logger = zap.New(core)
+		commonConfig.MeterProvider = mp
+
+		m, err := NewManager(ManagerConfig{CommonConfig: commonConfig})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { m.Close() })
+
+		registration, err := m.MonitorConsumerLag([]apmqueue.TopicConsumer{
+			{
+				Topic:    "topic",
+				Consumer: "consumer",
+			},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { registration.Unregister() })
+
+		var describeGroupsRequest *kmsg.DescribeGroupsRequest
+		cluster.ControlKey(kmsg.DescribeGroups.Int16(), func(req kmsg.Request) (kmsg.Response, error, bool) {
+			describeGroupsRequest = req.(*kmsg.DescribeGroupsRequest)
+			return &kmsg.DescribeGroupsResponse{
+				Version: describeGroupsRequest.Version,
+				Groups: []kmsg.DescribeGroupsResponseGroup{
+					{
+						Group:        "consumer",
+						ProtocolType: "consumer",
+						Members: []kmsg.DescribeGroupsResponseGroupMember{{
+							MemberAssignment: (&kmsg.ConsumerMemberAssignment{
+								Version: 2,
+								Topics: []kmsg.ConsumerMemberAssignmentTopic{{
+									Topic:      "name_space-topic",
+									Partitions: []int32{1},
+								}},
+							}).AppendTo(nil),
+						}},
+					},
+				},
+			}, nil, true
+		})
+
+		var offsetFetchRequest *kmsg.OffsetFetchRequest
+		cluster.ControlKey(kmsg.OffsetFetch.Int16(), func(req kmsg.Request) (kmsg.Response, error, bool) {
+			offsetFetchRequest = req.(*kmsg.OffsetFetchRequest)
+			return &kmsg.OffsetFetchResponse{
+				Version: offsetFetchRequest.Version,
+				Groups: []kmsg.OffsetFetchResponseGroup{{
+					Group: "consumer",
+					Topics: []kmsg.OffsetFetchResponseGroupTopic{{
+						Topic: "name_space-topic",
+						Partitions: []kmsg.OffsetFetchResponseGroupTopicPartition{{
+							Partition: 1,
+							Offset:    100,
+						}},
+					}},
+				}},
+			}, nil, true
+		})
+
+		var listOffsetsRequest *kmsg.ListOffsetsRequest
+		cluster.ControlKey(kmsg.ListOffsets.Int16(), func(req kmsg.Request) (kmsg.Response, error, bool) {
+			cluster.KeepControl()
+			listOffsetsRequest = req.(*kmsg.ListOffsetsRequest)
+			return &kmsg.ListOffsetsResponse{
+				Version: listOffsetsRequest.Version,
+				Topics: []kmsg.ListOffsetsResponseTopic{{
+					Topic: "name_space-topic",
+					Partitions: []kmsg.ListOffsetsResponseTopicPartition{{
+						Partition: 1,
+						Offset:    200,
+						ErrorCode: kerr.UnknownTopicOrPartition.Code,
+					}},
+				}},
+			}, nil, true
+		})
+
+		rm := metricdata.ResourceMetrics{}
+		err = reader.Collect(context.Background(), &rm)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		matchingLogs := observedLogs.FilterFieldKey("group")
+		actual := matchingLogs.AllUntimed()
+
+		if tc.logLevel == zapcore.DebugLevel {
+			expected := []observer.LoggedEntry{
+				{
+					Entry: zapcore.Entry{
+						Level:      zapcore.DebugLevel,
+						LoggerName: "kafka",
+						Message:    "error getting consumer group lag",
+					},
+					Context: []zapcore.Field{
+						zap.String("namespace", "name_space"),
+						zap.String("group", "consumer"),
+						zap.String("topic", "topic"),
+						zap.Int32("partition", 1),
+						zap.Error(kerr.UnknownTopicOrPartition),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			assert.Len(t, actual, 1)
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+		} else {
+			assert.Empty(t, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func newFakeCluster(t testing.TB) (*kfake.Cluster, CommonConfig) {
 	cluster, err := kfake.NewCluster(
 		// Just one broker to simplify dealing with sharded requests.