diff --git a/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go b/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go
index 0687bd82..5200e3bd 100644
--- a/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go
+++ b/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go
@@ -94,19 +94,21 @@ func createConsumerProcess(broker, topic, funcName, ns, consumerGroupID string,
 			if more {
 				logrus.Infof("Received Kafka message Partition: %d Offset: %d Key: %s Value: %s ", msg.Partition, msg.Offset, string(msg.Key), string(msg.Value))
 				logrus.Infof("Sending message %s to function %s", msg, funcName)
-				req, err := utils.GetHTTPReq(clientset, funcName, ns, "kafkatriggers.kubeless.io", "POST", string(msg.Value))
-				if err != nil {
-					logrus.Errorf("Unable to elaborate request: %v", err)
-				} else {
-					//forward msg to function
-					err = utils.SendMessage(req)
+				consumer.MarkOffset(msg, "")
+				go func() {
+					req, err := utils.GetHTTPReq(clientset, funcName, ns, "kafkatriggers.kubeless.io", "POST", string(msg.Value))
 					if err != nil {
-						logrus.Errorf("Failed to send message to function: %v", err)
+						logrus.Errorf("Unable to elaborate request: %v", err)
 					} else {
-						logrus.Infof("Message has sent to function %s successfully", funcName)
+						//forward msg to function
+						err = utils.SendMessage(req)
+						if err != nil {
+							logrus.Errorf("Failed to send message to function: %v", err)
+						} else {
+							logrus.Infof("Message has sent to function %s successfully", funcName)
+						}
 					}
-					consumer.MarkOffset(msg, "")
-				}
+				}()
 			}
 		case ntf, more := <-consumer.Notifications():
 			if more {