diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/_experimental/asyncio/async_appendable_object_writer.py b/google/cloud/storage/_experimental/asyncio/async_appendable_object_writer.py
index d34c844d5..81dfacd6d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/_experimental/asyncio/async_appendable_object_writer.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/_experimental/asyncio/async_appendable_object_writer.py
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ async def close(self, finalize_on_close=False) -> Union[int, _storage_v2.Object]
             await self.finalize()
         else:
             await self.flush()
-            await self.write_obj_stream.close()
+
+        await self.write_obj_stream.close()
 
         self._is_stream_open = False
         self.offset = None
diff --git a/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_appendable_object_writer.py b/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_appendable_object_writer.py
index a75824f8b..a26726f2a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_appendable_object_writer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_appendable_object_writer.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ async def test_finalize_on_close(mock_write_object_stream, mock_client):
     result = await writer.close(finalize_on_close=True)
 
     # Assert
-    mock_stream.close.assert_not_awaited()  # Based on new implementation
+    mock_stream.close.assert_awaited_once()
     assert not writer._is_stream_open
     assert writer.offset is None
     assert writer.object_resource == mock_resource