diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/extractor/schema_util.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/extractor/schema_util.py
index 094181c729..fcbd12e6af 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/extractor/schema_util.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/extractor/schema_util.py
@@ -440,8 +440,14 @@ def avro_schema_to_mce_fields(
     :param is_key_schema: True if it is a key-schema. Default is False (value-schema).
     :return: The list of MCE compatible SchemaFields.
     """
-    return list(
-        AvroToMceSchemaConverter.to_mce_fields(
-            avro_schema_string, is_key_schema, default_nullable
+    schema_fields: List[SchemaField] = []
+    try:
+        schema_fields = list(
+            AvroToMceSchemaConverter.to_mce_fields(
+                avro_schema_string, is_key_schema, default_nullable
+            )
         )
-    )
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception(f"Failed to parse {avro_schema_string} to mce_fields.")
+
+    return schema_fields
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_schema_util.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_schema_util.py
index cb2a2516f6..45ee02f776 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_schema_util.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_schema_util.py
@@ -642,3 +642,19 @@ def test_key_schema_handling():
     assret_field_paths_match(fields, expected_field_paths)
     for f in fields:
         assert f.isPartOfKey
+
+
+def test_ignore_exceptions():
+    schema: str = """
+["string",
+{
+  "name": "event_ts",
+  "type": "long",
+  "logicalType": "timestamp-millis",
+  "tags": [
+    "business-timestamp"
+  ]
+}]
+    """
+    fields: List[SchemaField] = avro_schema_to_mce_fields(schema, is_key_schema=False)
+    assert not fields