diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/DataWriter.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/DataWriter.java
index 26ee8bb06..249709e14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/DataWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/DataWriter.java
@@ -465,15 +465,12 @@ public void open(Collection<TopicPartition> partitions) {
   }
 
   public void close() {
-    // Close any writers we have. We may get assigned the same partitions and end up duplicating
-    // some effort since we'll have to reprocess those messages. It may be possible to hold on to
-    // the TopicPartitionWriter and continue to use the temp file, but this can get significantly
-    // more complex due to potential failures and network partitions. For example, we may get
-    // this close, then miss a few generations of group membership, during which
-    // data may have continued to be processed and we'd have to restart from the recovery stage,
-    // make sure we apply the WAL, and only reuse the temp file if the starting offset is still
-    // valid. For now, we prefer the simpler solution that may result in a bit of wasted effort.
-    for (TopicPartitionWriter writer : topicPartitionWriters.values()) {
+    close(new HashSet<>(topicPartitionWriters.keySet()));
+  }
+
+  public void close(Collection<TopicPartition> partitions) {
+    for (TopicPartition partition: partitions) {
+      TopicPartitionWriter writer = topicPartitionWriters.get(partition);
       try {
         if (writer != null) {
           // In some failure modes, the writer might not have been created for all assignments
@@ -482,8 +479,8 @@ public void close() {
       } catch (ConnectException e) {
         log.warn("Unable to close writer for topic partition {}: ", writer.topicPartition(), e);
       }
+      topicPartitionWriters.remove(partition);
     }
-    topicPartitionWriters.clear();
   }
 
   public void stop() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTask.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTask.java
index 28f9b91ec..f71d4fc2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTask.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public void open(Collection<TopicPartition> partitions) {
   public void close(Collection<TopicPartition> partitions) {
     log.debug("Closing HDFS Sink Task {}", connectorNameAndTaskId);
     if (hdfsWriter != null) {
-      hdfsWriter.close();
+      hdfsWriter.close(partitions);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTaskTest.java
index cad6dd31b..215dbe601 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/hdfs/HdfsSinkTaskTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -341,6 +342,43 @@ final int record = 12;
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testPartialRevocation() throws Exception {
+    setUp();
+
+    Collection<TopicPartition> initialAssignment = new ArrayList<>();
+    initialAssignment.add(TOPIC_PARTITION);
+    initialAssignment.add(TOPIC_PARTITION2);
+    initialAssignment.add(TOPIC_PARTITION3);
+
+    Collection<TopicPartition> revokedPartitions = new ArrayList<>();
+    revokedPartitions.add(TOPIC_PARTITION3);
+
+    String key = "key";
+    Schema schema = createSchema();
+    Struct record = createRecord(schema);
+    Collection<SinkRecord> sinkRecords = Collections.singleton(
+            new SinkRecord(TOPIC_PARTITION.topic(), TOPIC_PARTITION.partition(),
+                    Schema.STRING_SCHEMA, key, schema, record, 0));
+
+    HdfsSinkTask task = new HdfsSinkTask();
+    task.initialize(context);
+    task.start(properties);
+
+    // Given 3 owned partitions
+    task.open(initialAssignment);
+
+    // When 1 partition revoked (partial revocation)
+    task.close(revokedPartitions);
+
+    try {
+      // Should continue processing messages from the 2 left partitions (should succeed)
+      task.put(sinkRecords);
+    } finally {
+      task.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
   private void createCommittedFiles() throws IOException {
     String topicsDir = this.topicsDir.get(TOPIC_PARTITION.topic());
     String file1 = FileUtils.committedFileName(url, topicsDir, DIRECTORY1, TOPIC_PARTITION, 0,