diff --git a/kafka/consumer_test.go b/kafka/consumer_test.go
index 5c20945a5..c1cdf70f7 100644
--- a/kafka/consumer_test.go
+++ b/kafka/consumer_test.go
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func testPoll(c *Consumer, doneChan chan bool, t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup)
 				t.Logf("Message on %s:\n%s\n",
 					e.TopicPartition, string(e.Value))
 				if e.Headers != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("Headers: %v\n", e.Headers)
+					t.Logf("Headers: %v\n", e.Headers)
 				}
 
 			case Error:
@@ -591,14 +591,13 @@ func TestConsumerCloseForStaticMember(t *testing.T) {
 	err = c1.Subscribe(topic, wrapRebalancecb1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to subscribe to topic %s: %s\n", topic, err)
-		return
 	}
 
-	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	doneChan := make(chan bool, 3)
 
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go testPoll(c1, doneChan, t, wg)
+	go testPoll(c1, doneChan, t, &wg)
 	testConsumerWaitAssignment(c1, t)
 
 	closeChan := make(chan bool)
@@ -606,20 +605,18 @@ func TestConsumerCloseForStaticMember(t *testing.T) {
 	err = c2.Subscribe(topic, wrapRebalancecb2)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to subscribe to topic %s: %s\n", topic, err)
-		return
 	}
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go testPoll(c2, closeChan, t, wg)
+	go testPoll(c2, closeChan, t, &wg)
 	testConsumerWaitAssignment(c2, t)
 
 	wrapRebalancecb3 := wrapRebalanceCb(&assignedEvents3, &revokedEvents3, t)
 	err = c3.Subscribe(topic, wrapRebalancecb3)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to subscribe to topic %s: %s\n", topic, err)
-		return
 	}
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go testPoll(c3, doneChan, t, wg)
+	go testPoll(c3, doneChan, t, &wg)
 	testConsumerWaitAssignment(c3, t)
 
 	closeChan <- true
@@ -635,10 +632,10 @@ func TestConsumerCloseForStaticMember(t *testing.T) {
 	err = c2.Subscribe(topic, wrapRebalancecb4)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to subscribe to topic %s: %s\n", topic, err)
-		return
 	}
+
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go testPoll(c2, doneChan, t, wg)
+	go testPoll(c2, doneChan, t, &wg)
 	testConsumerWaitAssignment(c2, t)
 
 	doneChan <- true
@@ -650,8 +647,8 @@ func TestConsumerCloseForStaticMember(t *testing.T) {
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	// Wait 30s to make sure no revokedEvents happens
-	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+	// Wait 2 * session.timeout.ms to make sure no revokedEvents happens
+	time.Sleep(2 * 6000 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	if atomic.LoadInt32(&assignedEvents1) != 3 {
 		t.Fatalf("3 assignedEvents are Expected to happen for the first consumer, but %d happened\n",
@@ -696,11 +693,11 @@ func testConsumerWaitAssignment(c *Consumer, t *testing.T) {
 	for run {
 		assignment, err := c.Assignment()
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Assignment failed: %s", err)
+			t.Fatalf("Assignment failed: %s\n", err)
 		}
 
 		if len(assignment) != 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("%v Assigned partitions are: %v\n", c, assignment)
+			t.Logf("%v Assigned partitions are: %v\n", c, assignment)
 			run = false
 		}
 	}