diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_kafka.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_kafka.cc
index eb6b85071a7..4593a4de67b 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_kafka.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_kafka.cc
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ struct connection_t {
     // fire all remaining callbacks (if not fired by rd_kafka_flush)
     std::for_each(callbacks.begin(), callbacks.end(), [this](auto& cb_tag) {
         cb_tag.cb(status);
-        ldout(cct, 20) << "Kafka destroy: invoking callback with tag=" << cb_tag.tag << 
-          " for: " << broker << dendl;
+        ldout(cct, 20) << "Kafka destroy: invoking callback with tag="
+                       << cb_tag.tag << " for: " << broker
+                       << " with status: " << status << dendl;
       });
     callbacks.clear();
     delivery_tag = 1;
@@ -418,7 +419,9 @@ private:
     if (tag) {
       auto const q_len = conn->callbacks.size();
       if (q_len < max_inflight) {
-        ldout(conn->cct, 20) << "Kafka publish (with callback, tag=" << *tag << "): OK. Queue has: " << q_len << " callbacks" << dendl;
+        ldout(conn->cct, 20)
+            << "Kafka publish (with callback, tag=" << *tag
+            << "): OK. Queue has: " << q_len + 1 << " callbacks" << dendl;
         conn->callbacks.emplace_back(*tag, message->cb);
       } else {
         // immediately invoke callback with error - this is not a connection error
@@ -463,6 +466,7 @@ private:
         if(conn->timestamp.sec() + max_idle_time < ceph_clock_now()) {
           ldout(conn->cct, 20) << "kafka run: deleting a connection due to idle behaviour: " << ceph_clock_now() << dendl;
           std::lock_guard lock(connections_lock);
+          conn->status = STATUS_CONNECTION_IDLE;
           conn_it = connections.erase(conn_it);
           --connection_count; \
           continue;