diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisher.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisher.java
index 9370994b..708f6e59 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisher.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisher.java
@@ -414,11 +414,14 @@ public class PrefetchRecordsPublisher implements RecordsPublisher {
                     makeRetrievalAttempt();
                 } catch(PositionResetException pre) {
                     log.debug("{} : Position was reset while attempting to add item to queue.", streamAndShardId);
+                } catch (Throwable e) {
+                    log.error("{} :  Unexpected exception was thrown. This could probably be an issue or a bug." +
+                            " Please search for the exception/error online to check what is going on. If the " +
+                            "issue persists or is a recurring problem, feel free to open an issue on, " +
+                            "https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client.", streamAndShardId, e);
                 } finally {
                     resetLock.readLock().unlock();
                 }
-
-
             }
             callShutdownOnStrategy();
         }
@@ -469,11 +472,6 @@ public class PrefetchRecordsPublisher implements RecordsPublisher {
                     log.error("{} :  Exception thrown while fetching records from Kinesis", streamAndShardId, e);
                 } catch (SdkException e) {
                     log.error("{} :  Exception thrown while fetching records from Kinesis", streamAndShardId, e);
-                } catch (Throwable e) {
-                    log.error("{} :  Unexpected exception was thrown. This could probably be an issue or a bug." +
-                            " Please search for the exception/error online to check what is going on. If the " +
-                            "issue persists or is a recurring problem, feel free to open an issue on, " +
-                            "https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client.", streamAndShardId, e);
                 } finally {
                     MetricsUtil.endScope(scope);
                 }
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherIntegrationTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherIntegrationTest.java
index 461fce71..f57a7a3a 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherIntegrationTest.java
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyLong;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static software.amazon.kinesis.utils.BlockingUtils.blockUntilConditionSatisfied;
 import static software.amazon.kinesis.utils.BlockingUtils.blockUntilRecordsAvailable;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -49,7 +53,6 @@ import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
 
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkBytes;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.GetRecordsRequest;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStreamExtended;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -224,6 +227,25 @@ public class PrefetchRecordsPublisherIntegrationTest {
         verify(dataFetcher).restartIterator();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testExpiredIteratorExceptionWithInnerRestartIteratorException() {
+        when(dataFetcher.getRecords())
+                .thenThrow(ExpiredIteratorException.builder().message("ExpiredIterator").build())
+                .thenCallRealMethod()
+                .thenThrow(ExpiredIteratorException.builder().message("ExpiredIterator").build())
+                .thenCallRealMethod();
+
+        doThrow(IllegalStateException.class).when(dataFetcher).restartIterator();
+
+        getRecordsCache.start(extendedSequenceNumber, initialPosition);
+
+        final boolean conditionSatisfied = blockUntilConditionSatisfied(() ->
+                getRecordsCache.getPublisherSession().prefetchRecordsQueue().size() == MAX_SIZE, 5000);
+        Assert.assertTrue(conditionSatisfied);
+        // Asserts the exception was only thrown once for restartIterator
+        verify(dataFetcher, times(2)).restartIterator();
+    }
+
     private RecordsRetrieved evictPublishedEvent(PrefetchRecordsPublisher publisher, String shardId) {
         return publisher.getPublisherSession().evictPublishedRecordAndUpdateDemand(shardId);
     }
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherTest.java
index b51b08df..f2500867 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PrefetchRecordsPublisherTest.java
@@ -448,6 +448,26 @@ public class PrefetchRecordsPublisherTest {
         verify(dataFetcher).restartIterator();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testExpiredIteratorExceptionWithIllegalStateException() {
+        // This test validates that the daemon thread doesn't die when ExpiredIteratorException occurs with an
+        // IllegalStateException.
+
+        when(getRecordsRetrievalStrategy.getRecords(MAX_RECORDS_PER_CALL))
+                .thenThrow(ExpiredIteratorException.builder().build())
+                .thenReturn(getRecordsResponse)
+                .thenThrow(ExpiredIteratorException.builder().build())
+                .thenReturn(getRecordsResponse);
+
+        doThrow(new IllegalStateException()).when(dataFetcher).restartIterator();
+
+        getRecordsCache.start(sequenceNumber, initialPosition);
+        blockUntilConditionSatisfied(() -> getRecordsCache.getPublisherSession().prefetchRecordsQueue().size() == MAX_SIZE, 300);
+
+        // verify restartIterator was called
+        verify(dataFetcher, times(2)).restartIterator();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testRetryableRetrievalExceptionContinues() {