diff --git a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go
index 0007da4fc9d..b23f7a569be 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	v2beta2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta2"
@@ -214,18 +215,13 @@ func (s *kafkaScaler) IsActive(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	offsets, err := s.getOffsets(partitions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	topicOffsets, err := s.getTopicOffsets(partitions)
+	consumerOffsets, producerOffsets, err := s.getConsumerAndProducerOffsets(partitions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
 	for _, partition := range partitions {
-		lag, err := s.getLagForPartition(partition, offsets, topicOffsets)
+		lag, err := s.getLagForPartition(partition, consumerOffsets, producerOffsets)
 		if err != nil && lag == invalidOffset {
 			return true, nil
 		}
@@ -307,7 +303,7 @@ func (s *kafkaScaler) getPartitions() ([]int32, error) {
 	return partitions, nil
 }
 
-func (s *kafkaScaler) getOffsets(partitions []int32) (*sarama.OffsetFetchResponse, error) {
+func (s *kafkaScaler) getConsumerOffsets(partitions []int32) (*sarama.OffsetFetchResponse, error) {
 	offsets, err := s.admin.ListConsumerGroupOffsets(s.metadata.group, map[string][]int32{
 		s.metadata.topic: partitions,
 	})
@@ -364,6 +360,42 @@ func (s *kafkaScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Context) []v2beta2.MetricS
 	return []v2beta2.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
 }
 
+type consumerOffsetResult struct {
+	consumerOffsets *sarama.OffsetFetchResponse
+	err             error
+}
+
+type producerOffsetResult struct {
+	producerOffsets map[int32]int64
+	err             error
+}
+
+func (s *kafkaScaler) getConsumerAndProducerOffsets(partitions []int32) (*sarama.OffsetFetchResponse, map[int32]int64, error) {
+	consumerChan := make(chan consumerOffsetResult, 1)
+	go func() {
+		consumerOffsets, err := s.getConsumerOffsets(partitions)
+		consumerChan <- consumerOffsetResult{consumerOffsets, err}
+	}()
+
+	producerChan := make(chan producerOffsetResult, 1)
+	go func() {
+		producerOffsets, err := s.getProducerOffsets(partitions)
+		producerChan <- producerOffsetResult{producerOffsets, err}
+	}()
+
+	consumerRes := <-consumerChan
+	if consumerRes.err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, consumerRes.err
+	}
+
+	producerRes := <-producerChan
+	if producerRes.err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, producerRes.err
+	}
+
+	return consumerRes.consumerOffsets, producerRes.producerOffsets, nil
+}
+
 // GetMetrics returns value for a supported metric and an error if there is a problem getting the metric
 func (s *kafkaScaler) GetMetrics(ctx context.Context, metricName string, metricSelector labels.Selector) ([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue, error) {
 	partitions, err := s.getPartitions()
@@ -371,19 +403,14 @@ func (s *kafkaScaler) GetMetrics(ctx context.Context, metricName string, metricS
 		return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, err
 	}
 
-	offsets, err := s.getOffsets(partitions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, err
-	}
-
-	topicOffsets, err := s.getTopicOffsets(partitions)
+	consumerOffsets, producerOffsets, err := s.getConsumerAndProducerOffsets(partitions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, err
 	}
 
 	totalLag := int64(0)
 	for _, partition := range partitions {
-		lag, _ := s.getLagForPartition(partition, offsets, topicOffsets)
+		lag, _ := s.getLagForPartition(partition, consumerOffsets, producerOffsets)
 
 		totalLag += lag
 	}
@@ -406,7 +433,12 @@ func (s *kafkaScaler) GetMetrics(ctx context.Context, metricName string, metricS
 	return append([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, metric), nil
 }
 
-func (s *kafkaScaler) getTopicOffsets(partitions []int32) (map[int32]int64, error) {
+type brokerOffsetResult struct {
+	offsetResp *sarama.OffsetResponse
+	err        error
+}
+
+func (s *kafkaScaler) getProducerOffsets(partitions []int32) (map[int32]int64, error) {
 	version := int16(0)
 	if s.client.Config().Version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V0_10_1_0) {
 		version = 1
@@ -430,17 +462,29 @@ func (s *kafkaScaler) getTopicOffsets(partitions []int32) (map[int32]int64, erro
 		request.AddBlock(s.metadata.topic, partitionID, sarama.OffsetNewest, 1)
 	}
 
-	offsets := make(map[int32]int64)
-
 	// Step 2: send requests, one per broker, and collect offsets
+	resultCh := make(chan brokerOffsetResult, len(requests))
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(len(requests))
 	for broker, request := range requests {
-		response, err := broker.GetAvailableOffsets(request)
+		go func(brCopy *sarama.Broker, reqCopy *sarama.OffsetRequest) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			response, err := brCopy.GetAvailableOffsets(reqCopy)
+			resultCh <- brokerOffsetResult{response, err}
+		}(broker, request)
+	}
 
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(resultCh)
+
+	offsets := make(map[int32]int64)
+
+	for brokerOffsetRes := range resultCh {
+		if brokerOffsetRes.err != nil {
+			return nil, brokerOffsetRes.err
 		}
 
-		for _, blocks := range response.Blocks {
+		for _, blocks := range brokerOffsetRes.offsetResp.Blocks {
 			for partitionID, block := range blocks {
 				if block.Err != sarama.ErrNoError {
 					return nil, block.Err
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index f976dbb6c13..963fc4026ea 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Prerequisits
+## Prerequisites
 
 - [node](https://nodejs.org/en/)
 - `kubectl` logged into a Kubernetes cluster.
diff --git a/tests/scalers/kafka.test.ts b/tests/scalers/kafka.test.ts
index 61413775ab9..2e5932990bd 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/kafka.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scalers/kafka.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const defaultKafkaClient = 'kafka-client'
 const strimziOperatorVersion = '0.18.0'
 const commandToCheckReplicas = `kubectl get deployments/kafka-consumer --namespace ${defaultNamespace} -o jsonpath="{.spec.replicas}"`
 
-const strimziOperatroYamlFile = tmp.fileSync()
+const strimziOperatorYamlFile = tmp.fileSync()
 const kafkaClusterYamlFile = tmp.fileSync()
 const kafkaTopicYamlFile = tmp.fileSync()
 const kafkaClientYamlFile = tmp.fileSync()
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ test.before('Set up, create necessary resources.', t => {
 	sh.exec(`kubectl create namespace ${defaultNamespace}`)
 
   const strimziOperatorYaml = sh.exec(`curl -L https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases/download/${strimziOperatorVersion}/strimzi-cluster-operator-${strimziOperatorVersion}.yaml`).stdout
-  fs.writeFileSync(strimziOperatroYamlFile.name, strimziOperatorYaml.replace(/myproject/g, `${defaultNamespace}`))
+  fs.writeFileSync(strimziOperatorYamlFile.name, strimziOperatorYaml.replace(/myproject/g, `${defaultNamespace}`))
 	t.is(
 		0,
-		sh.exec(`kubectl apply -f ${strimziOperatroYamlFile.name} --namespace ${defaultNamespace}`).code,
+		sh.exec(`kubectl apply -f ${strimziOperatorYamlFile.name} --namespace ${defaultNamespace}`).code,
 		'Deploying Strimzi operator should work.'
 	)
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ test.after.always('Clean up, delete created resources.', t => {
     `${kafkaClientYamlFile.name}`,
     `${kafkaTopicYamlFile.name}`,
     `${kafkaClusterYamlFile.name}`,
-    `${strimziOperatroYamlFile}`
+    `${strimziOperatorYamlFile}`
   ]
 
   for (const resource of resources) {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   kafka:
     version: 2.5.0
-    replicas: 1
+    replicas: 3
     listeners:
       plain: {}
       tls: {}