diff --git a/kafka/consumer.py b/kafka/consumer.py
index f2898ad43..57b5b9742 100644
--- a/kafka/consumer.py
+++ b/kafka/consumer.py
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ def get_messages(self, count=1, block=True, timeout=0.1):
         iterator = self.__iter__()
 
         # HACK: This splits the timeout between available partitions
-        timeout = timeout * 1.0 / len(self.offsets)
+        if timeout:
+            timeout = timeout * 1.0 / len(self.offsets)
 
         with FetchContext(self, block, timeout):
             while count > 0: