diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/annotation/KafkaListener.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/annotation/KafkaListener.java
index ce3621f42d..2b7ae490c2 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/annotation/KafkaListener.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/annotation/KafkaListener.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 	 * <p>Note: When provided, this value will override the group id property
 	 * in the consumer factory configuration, unless {@link #idIsGroup()}
 	 * is set to false or {@link #groupId()} is provided.
-	 * <p>SpEL {@code #{...}} and property place holders {@code ${...}} are supported.
+	 * <p>SpEL {@code #{...}} and property placeholders {@code ${...}} are supported.
 	 * @return the {@code id} for the container managing for this endpoint.
 	 * @see org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry#getListenerContainer(String)
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
index f611178907..c3a2ad1738 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
  * @author Christian Fredriksson
  * @author Timofey Barabanov
  * @author Janek Lasocki-Biczysko
+ * @author Mikhail Polivakha
  */
 public class KafkaMessageListenerContainer<K, V> // NOSONAR line count
 		extends AbstractMessageListenerContainer<K, V> implements ConsumerPauseResumeEventPublisher {
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ public void resumePartition(TopicPartition topicPartition) {
 	}
 
 	private void consumerWakeIfNecessary() {
-		KafkaMessageListenerContainer<K, V>.ListenerConsumer consumer = this.listenerConsumer;
+		ListenerConsumer consumer = this.listenerConsumer;
 		if (consumer != null) {
 			consumer.wakeIfNecessary();
 		}
@@ -913,14 +914,23 @@ else if (listener instanceof MessageListener) {
 				this.pollThreadStateProcessor = setUpPollProcessor(false);
 				this.observationEnabled = this.containerProperties.isObservationEnabled();
 
-				if (!AopUtils.isAopProxy(this.genericListener) &&
-						this.genericListener instanceof KafkaBackoffAwareMessageListenerAdapter<?, ?>) {
+				if (!AopUtils.isAopProxy(this.genericListener)) {
 
-					KafkaBackoffAwareMessageListenerAdapter<K, V> genListener =
-							(KafkaBackoffAwareMessageListenerAdapter<K, V>) this.genericListener;
-					if (genListener.getDelegate() instanceof RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<K, V> adapterListener) {
-						// This means that the async retry feature is supported only for SingleRecordListener with @RetryableTopic.
-						adapterListener.setCallbackForAsyncFailure(this::callbackForAsyncFailure);
+					if (this.genericListener instanceof KafkaBackoffAwareMessageListenerAdapter<?, ?>) {
+						KafkaBackoffAwareMessageListenerAdapter<K, V> genListener =
+								(KafkaBackoffAwareMessageListenerAdapter<K, V>) this.genericListener;
+
+						if (genListener.getDelegate() instanceof RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<K, V> adapterListener) {
+							// This means that the async retry feature is supported only for SingleRecordListener when used with @RetryableTopic.
+							adapterListener.setCallbackForAsyncFailure(this::callbackForAsyncFailure);
+						}
+					}
+
+					if (this.genericListener instanceof RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<?, ?>) {
+						RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<K, V> recordListnener =
+								(RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<K, V>) this.genericListener;
+
+						recordListnener.setCallbackForAsyncFailure(this::callbackForAsyncFailure);
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/kafka/listener/EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests.kt b/spring-kafka/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/kafka/listener/EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests.kt
index 3033da54e2..86f4782619 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/kafka/listener/EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests.kt
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/kafka/listener/EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig
@@ -35,7 +36,10 @@ import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaProducerFactory
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.ProducerFactory
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.CommonErrorHandler
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.DefaultErrorHandler
 import org.springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaListenerErrorHandler
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.MessageListenerContainer
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.Acknowledgment
 import org.springframework.kafka.test.EmbeddedKafkaBroker
 import org.springframework.kafka.test.context.EmbeddedKafka
@@ -53,12 +57,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
  *
  * @author Wang ZhiYang
  * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @author Mikhail Polivakha
  *
  * @since 3.1
  */
 @SpringJUnitConfig
 @DirtiesContext
-@EmbeddedKafka(topics = ["kotlinAsyncTestTopic1", "kotlinAsyncTestTopic2",
+@EmbeddedKafka(topics = ["kotlinAsyncTestTopic1", "kotlinAsyncTestTopic2", "kotlinAsyncTestTopicContainerLevelHandler",
 		"kotlinAsyncBatchTestTopic1", "kotlinAsyncBatchTestTopic2", "kotlinReplyTopic1"], partitions = 1)
 class EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests {
 
@@ -87,6 +92,12 @@ class EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests {
 		assertThat(this.config.error).isTrue()
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	fun `test checked ex - container level handler should be invoked`() {
+		this.template.send("kotlinAsyncTestTopicContainerLevelHandler", "fail")
+		assertThat(this.config.latchForCommonHandler.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue()
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	fun `test batch listener`() {
 		this.template.send("kotlinAsyncBatchTestTopic1", "foo")
@@ -142,6 +153,8 @@ class EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests {
 
 		val latch2 = CountDownLatch(1)
 
+		val latchForCommonHandler = CountDownLatch(1)
+
 		val batchLatch1 = CountDownLatch(1)
 
 		val batchLatch2 = CountDownLatch(1)
@@ -190,6 +203,21 @@ class EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests {
 			}
 		}
 
+		@Bean
+		fun defaultErrorHandler(): CommonErrorHandler {
+			return object : CommonErrorHandler {
+				override fun handleOne(
+					thrownException: java.lang.Exception,
+					record: ConsumerRecord<*, *>,
+					consumer: Consumer<*, *>,
+					container: MessageListenerContainer
+				): Boolean {
+					latchForCommonHandler.countDown()
+					return super.handleOne(thrownException, record, consumer, container)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		@Bean
 		fun errorHandlerBatch() : KafkaListenerErrorHandler {
 			return KafkaListenerErrorHandler { message, _ ->
@@ -200,11 +228,12 @@ class EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests {
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		fun kafkaListenerContainerFactory(): ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String> {
+		fun kafkaListenerContainerFactory(commonErrorHandler: CommonErrorHandler): ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String> {
 			val factory: ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String>
 				= ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory()
 			factory.setConsumerFactory(kcf())
 			factory.setReplyTemplate(kt())
+			factory.setCommonErrorHandler(commonErrorHandler)
 			return factory
 		}
 
@@ -247,6 +276,16 @@ class EnableKafkaKotlinCoroutinesTests {
 			}
 		}
 
+		@KafkaListener(
+			id = "kotlin-ex-container-level-handler",
+			topics = ["kotlinAsyncTestTopicContainerLevelHandler"],
+			containerFactory = "kafkaListenerContainerFactory")
+		suspend fun listenExContainerLevelHandlerInvoked(value: String) {
+			if (value == "fail") {
+				throw RuntimeException("checked")
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }