diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8900ec5ed5b..cba40809649 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ To learn more about our roadmap, we recommend reading [this document](ROADMAP.md
 - **ActiveMQ Scaler:** KEDA doesn't respect restAPITemplate ([#3188](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3188))
 - **Azure Eventhub Scaler:** KEDA operator crashes on nil memory panic if the eventhub connectionstring for Azure Eventhub Scaler contains an invalid character ([#3082](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3082))
 - **Azure Pipelines Scaler:** Fix issue with Azure Pipelines wrong PAT Auth. ([#3159](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3159))
+- **Kafka Scaler:** Check `lagThreshold` is a positive number ([#3366](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3366))
 
 
 ### Deprecations
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go
index 961a3827d77..9f44b9aeaa9 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func parseKafkaMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (kafkaMetadata, error) {
 		meta.topic = config.TriggerMetadata["topic"]
 	default:
 		meta.topic = ""
-		kafkaLog.V(1).Info(fmt.Sprintf("consumer group %s has no topic specified, "+
+		kafkaLog.V(1).Info(fmt.Sprintf("consumer group %q has no topic specified, "+
 			"will use all topics subscribed by the consumer group for scaling", meta.group))
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func parseKafkaMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (kafkaMetadata, error) {
 	if config.TriggerMetadata["offsetResetPolicy"] != "" {
 		policy := offsetResetPolicy(config.TriggerMetadata["offsetResetPolicy"])
 		if policy != earliest && policy != latest {
-			return meta, fmt.Errorf("err offsetResetPolicy policy %s given", policy)
+			return meta, fmt.Errorf("err offsetResetPolicy policy %q given", policy)
 		}
 		meta.offsetResetPolicy = policy
 	}
@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ func parseKafkaMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (kafkaMetadata, error) {
 	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata[lagThresholdMetricName]; ok {
 		t, err := strconv.ParseInt(val, 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
-			return meta, fmt.Errorf("error parsing %s: %s", lagThresholdMetricName, err)
+			return meta, fmt.Errorf("error parsing %q: %s", lagThresholdMetricName, err)
+		}
+		if t <= 0 {
+			return meta, fmt.Errorf("%q must be positive number", lagThresholdMetricName)
 		}
 		meta.lagThreshold = t
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go
index 166e37d628f..acbecd0a998 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ var parseKafkaMetadataTestDataset = []parseKafkaMetadataTestData{
 	{map[string]string{"bootstrapServers": "foobar:9092", "consumerGroup": "my-group"}, false, 1, []string{"foobar:9092"}, "my-group", "", offsetResetPolicy("latest"), false},
 	// failure, version not supported
 	{map[string]string{"bootstrapServers": "foobar:9092", "consumerGroup": "my-group", "topic": "my-topic", "version": "1.2.3.4"}, true, 1, []string{"foobar:9092"}, "my-group", "my-topic", offsetResetPolicy("latest"), false},
+	// failure, lagThreshold is negative value
+	{map[string]string{"bootstrapServers": "foobar:9092", "consumerGroup": "my-group", "topic": "my-topic", "lagThreshold": "-1"}, true, 1, []string{"foobar:9092"}, "my-group", "my-topic", offsetResetPolicy("latest"), false},
+	// failure, lagThreshold is 0
+	{map[string]string{"bootstrapServers": "foobar:9092", "consumerGroup": "my-group", "topic": "my-topic", "lagThreshold": "0"}, true, 1, []string{"foobar:9092"}, "my-group", "my-topic", offsetResetPolicy("latest"), false},
 	// success
 	{map[string]string{"bootstrapServers": "foobar:9092", "consumerGroup": "my-group", "topic": "my-topic"}, false, 1, []string{"foobar:9092"}, "my-group", "my-topic", offsetResetPolicy("latest"), false},
 	// success, more brokers
@@ -118,8 +122,8 @@ var parseKafkaAuthParamsTestDataset = []parseKafkaAuthParamsTestData{
 }
 
 var kafkaMetricIdentifiers = []kafkaMetricIdentifier{
-	{&parseKafkaMetadataTestDataset[4], 0, "s0-kafka-my-topic"},
-	{&parseKafkaMetadataTestDataset[4], 1, "s1-kafka-my-topic"},
+	{&parseKafkaMetadataTestDataset[6], 0, "s0-kafka-my-topic"},
+	{&parseKafkaMetadataTestDataset[6], 1, "s1-kafka-my-topic"},
 	{&parseKafkaMetadataTestDataset[2], 1, "s1-kafka-my-group-topics"},
 }