diff --git a/lib/protocol/protocol.js b/lib/protocol/protocol.js
index 445c10e2..22b22d56 100644
--- a/lib/protocol/protocol.js
+++ b/lib/protocol/protocol.js
@@ -1127,6 +1127,9 @@ function decodeOffsetResponse (resp) {
   function decodeOffsets (end, vars) {
     if (--vars.offsetNum <= 0) end();
     topics[vars.topic][vars.partition] = topics[vars.topic][vars.partition] || [];
+    if (vars.offsetNum < 0) {
+      return;
+    }
     this.word64bs('offset').tap(function (vars) {
       if (vars.offset != null) topics[vars.topic][vars.partition].push(vars.offset);
     });
diff --git a/test/test.offset.js b/test/test.offset.js
index 98aaec4f..a497e6a1 100644
--- a/test/test.offset.js
+++ b/test/test.offset.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Offset', function () {
     client = new Client();
     producer = new Producer(client);
     producer.on('ready', function () {
-      producer.createTopics(['_exist_topic_3_test'], true, function (err) {
+      producer.createTopics(['_exist_topic_3_test', '_exist_topic_4_test'], true, function (err) {
         done(err);
       });
     });
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ describe('Offset', function () {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should return empty offsets list by old timestamp', function (done) {
+      var firstTopic = '_exist_topic_3_test';
+      var secondTopic = '_exist_topic_4_test';
+      var fakeTime = new Date('2019-05-16').getTime();
+      var topics = [{ topic: firstTopic, time: fakeTime }, { topic: secondTopic, time: fakeTime }];
+      offset.fetch(topics, function (err, data) {
+        var firstOffsets = data[firstTopic][0];
+        var secondOffsets = data[secondTopic][0];
+        firstOffsets.should.be.an.instanceOf(Array);
+        secondOffsets.should.be.an.instanceOf(Array);
+        done(err);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should return earliest offset of the topics', function (done) {
       var topic = '_exist_topic_3_test';
       var topics = [{ topic: topic, time: -2 }];