diff --git a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go
index b96b26d..28c1f6a 100644
--- a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go
+++ b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go
@@ -287,9 +287,13 @@ func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) callGetRecordsAPI(gri *kinesis.GetRecordsInput)
 	if sc.callsLeft < 1 {
 		return nil, 0, localTPSExceededError
 	}
-
 	getResp, err := sc.kc.GetRecords(context.TODO(), gri)
 	sc.callsLeft--
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return getResp, 0, err
+	}
+
 	// Calculate size of records from read transaction
 	sc.bytesRead = 0
 	for _, record := range getResp.Records {
diff --git a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go
index 68dffd0..c94859d 100644
--- a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go
+++ b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package worker
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 )
 
+var (
+	testGetRecordsError = errors.New("GetRecords Error")
+)
+
 func TestCallGetRecordsAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	// basic happy path
 	m1 := MockKinesisSubscriberGetter{}
@@ -150,6 +155,24 @@ func TestCallGetRecordsAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Incorrect Cool Off Period: %v", checkSleepVal4)
 	}
 
+	// case where getRecords throws error
+	m7 := MockKinesisSubscriberGetter{}
+	ret7 := kinesis.GetRecordsOutput{Records: nil}
+	m7.On("GetRecords", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&ret7, testGetRecordsError)
+	psc7 := PollingShardConsumer{
+		commonShardConsumer: commonShardConsumer{kc: &m7},
+		callsLeft:           2,
+		bytesRead:           0,
+	}
+	rateLimitTimeSince = func(t time.Time) time.Duration {
+		return 2 * time.Second
+	}
+	out7, checkSleepVal7, err7 := psc7.callGetRecordsAPI(&gri)
+	assert.Equal(t, err7, testGetRecordsError)
+	assert.Equal(t, checkSleepVal7, 0)
+	assert.Equal(t, out7, &ret7)
+	m7.AssertExpectations(t)
+
 	// restore original func
 	rateLimitTimeNow = time.Now
 	rateLimitTimeSince = time.Since