diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/simple_e2e_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/simple_e2e_test.py
index 7bdeaf08060f..cd3f87f962a5 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/simple_e2e_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/simple_e2e_test.py
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ def test_consumer_interruption(self):
             error = e
 
         assert error is not None
-        assert "Consumed from an unexpected" in str(error)
+        assert "Consumed from an unexpected" in str(
+            error) or "is behind the current committed offset" in str(error)