diff --git a/consumer.go b/consumer.go
index f6c979766..c001794e1 100644
--- a/consumer.go
+++ b/consumer.go
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func (bc *brokerConsumer) subscriptionManager() {
 	var buffer []*partitionConsumer
 
 	// The subscriptionManager constantly accepts new subscriptions on `input` (even when the main subscriptionConsumer
-	//  goroutine is in the middle of a network request) and batches it up. The main worker goroutine picks
+	// goroutine is in the middle of a network request) and batches it up. The main worker goroutine picks
 	// up a batch of new subscriptions between every network request by reading from `newSubscriptions`, so we give
 	// it nil if no new subscriptions are available. We also write to `wait` only when new subscriptions is available,
 	// so the main goroutine can block waiting for work if it has none.
@@ -671,8 +671,12 @@ func (bc *brokerConsumer) abort(err error) {
 		child.trigger <- none{}
 	}
 
-	for newSubscription := range bc.newSubscriptions {
-		for _, child := range newSubscription {
+	for newSubscriptions := range bc.newSubscriptions {
+		if len(newSubscriptions) == 0 {
+			<-bc.wait
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, child := range newSubscriptions {
 			child.sendError(err)
 			child.trigger <- none{}
 		}