diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/AdminUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/AdminUtils.scala
index b9ef4dc..7c06330 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/AdminUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/AdminUtils.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import kafka.utils.{Logging, ZkUtils}
 import org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient
 import org.I0Itec.zkclient.exception.ZkNodeExistsException
 import scala.collection._
+import mutable.ListBuffer
 import scala.collection.mutable
 import kafka.common._
 import scala.Some
@@ -143,19 +144,27 @@ object AdminUtils extends Logging {
   private def getBrokerInfoFromCache(zkClient: ZkClient,
                                      cachedBrokerInfo: scala.collection.mutable.Map[Int, Broker],
                                      brokerIds: Seq[Int]): Seq[Broker] = {
-    brokerIds.map { id =>
+    var failedBrokerIds: ListBuffer[Int] = new ListBuffer()
+    val brokerMetadata = brokerIds.map { id =>
       val optionalBrokerInfo = cachedBrokerInfo.get(id)
       optionalBrokerInfo match {
-        case Some(brokerInfo) => brokerInfo // return broker info from the cache
+        case Some(brokerInfo) => Some(brokerInfo) // return broker info from the cache
         case None => // fetch it from zookeeper
           ZkUtils.getBrokerInfo(zkClient, id) match {
             case Some(brokerInfo) =>
               cachedBrokerInfo += (id -> brokerInfo)
-              brokerInfo
-            case None => throw new BrokerNotAvailableException("Failed to fetch broker info for broker " + id)
+              Some(brokerInfo)
+            case None =>
+              failedBrokerIds += id
+              None
           }
       }
     }
+    if(failedBrokerIds.size > 0)
+      throw new BrokerNotAvailableException("Failed to fetch broker metadata for brokers " + failedBrokerIds.mkString(","))
+    else
+      brokerMetadata.dropWhile(!_.isDefined).map(_.get)
+
   }
 
   private def getWrappedIndex(firstReplicaIndex: Int, secondReplicaShift: Int, replicaIndex: Int, nBrokers: Int): Int = {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/BrokerPartitionInfo.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/BrokerPartitionInfo.scala
index 617fc43..8bdf92f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/BrokerPartitionInfo.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/BrokerPartitionInfo.scala
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ class BrokerPartitionInfo(producerConfig: ProducerConfig,
       if(tmd.errorCode == ErrorMapping.NoError){
         topicPartitionInfo.put(tmd.topic, tmd)
       } else
-        warn("Error while fetching metadata for topic [%s]: [%s]".format(tmd.topic, tmd), ErrorMapping.exceptionFor(tmd.errorCode))
+        warn("Error while fetching metadata [%s] for topic [%s]: %s ".format(tmd, tmd.topic, ErrorMapping.exceptionFor(tmd.errorCode).getClass))
       tmd.partitionsMetadata.foreach(pmd =>{
-        if (pmd.errorCode != ErrorMapping.NoError){
-          warn("Error while fetching metadata for topic partition [%s,%d]: [%s]".format(tmd.topic, pmd.partitionId, pmd),
-               ErrorMapping.exceptionFor(pmd.errorCode))
-        }
+        if (pmd.errorCode != ErrorMapping.NoError && pmd.errorCode == ErrorMapping.LeaderNotAvailableCode) {
+          warn("Error while fetching metadata %s for topic partition [%s,%d]: [%s]".format(pmd, tmd.topic, pmd.partitionId,
+            ErrorMapping.exceptionFor(tmd.errorCode).getClass))
+        } // any other error code (e.g. ReplicaNotAvailable) can be ignored since the producer does not need to access the replica and isr metadata
       })
     })
     producerPool.updateProducer(topicsMetadata)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/ProducerPool.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/ProducerPool.scala
index 4970029..43df70b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/ProducerPool.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/ProducerPool.scala
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ class ProducerPool(val config: ProducerConfig) extends Logging {
   private val syncProducers = new HashMap[Int, SyncProducer]
   private val lock = new Object()
 
-  def updateProducer(topicMetadatas: Seq[TopicMetadata]) {
+  def updateProducer(topicMetadata: Seq[TopicMetadata]) {
     val newBrokers = new collection.mutable.HashSet[Broker]
-    topicMetadatas.foreach(tmd => {
+    topicMetadata.foreach(tmd => {
       tmd.partitionsMetadata.foreach(pmd => {
         if(pmd.leader.isDefined)
           newBrokers+=(pmd.leader.get)