diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/asyncio/async_write_object_stream.py b/google/cloud/storage/asyncio/async_write_object_stream.py
index 721183962..319f394dd 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/asyncio/async_write_object_stream.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/asyncio/async_write_object_stream.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+import grpc
 from google.cloud import _storage_v2
 from google.cloud.storage.asyncio import _utils
 from google.cloud.storage.asyncio.async_grpc_client import AsyncGrpcClient
@@ -181,9 +182,17 @@ async def close(self) -> None:
 
     async def requests_done(self):
         """Signals that all requests have been sent."""
-
         await self.socket_like_rpc.send(None)
-        _utils.update_write_handle_if_exists(self, await self.socket_like_rpc.recv())
+
+        # The server may send a final "EOF" response immediately, or it may
+        # first send an intermediate response followed by the EOF response depending on whether the object was finalized or not.
+        first_resp = await self.socket_like_rpc.recv()
+        _utils.update_write_handle_if_exists(self, first_resp)
+
+        if first_resp != grpc.aio.EOF:
+            self.persisted_size = first_resp.persisted_size
+            second_resp = await self.socket_like_rpc.recv()
+            assert second_resp == grpc.aio.EOF
 
     async def send(
         self, bidi_write_object_request: _storage_v2.BidiWriteObjectRequest
diff --git a/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_write_object_stream.py b/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_write_object_stream.py
index 77e2ef091..4e952336b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_write_object_stream.py
+++ b/tests/unit/asyncio/test_async_write_object_stream.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import unittest.mock as mock
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 import pytest
+import grpc
+
 
 from google.cloud.storage.asyncio.async_write_object_stream import (
     _AsyncWriteObjectStream,
@@ -194,11 +196,57 @@ async def test_close_success(self, mock_client):
         stream = _AsyncWriteObjectStream(mock_client, BUCKET, OBJECT)
         stream._is_stream_open = True
         stream.socket_like_rpc = AsyncMock()
+
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.send = AsyncMock()
+        first_resp = _storage_v2.BidiWriteObjectResponse(persisted_size=100)
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.recv = AsyncMock(side_effect=[first_resp, grpc.aio.EOF])
         stream.socket_like_rpc.close = AsyncMock()
 
         await stream.close()
         stream.socket_like_rpc.close.assert_awaited_once()
         assert not stream.is_stream_open
+        assert stream.persisted_size == 100
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_close_with_persisted_size_then_eof(self, mock_client):
+        """Test close when first recv has persisted_size, second is EOF."""
+        stream = _AsyncWriteObjectStream(mock_client, BUCKET, OBJECT)
+        stream._is_stream_open = True
+        stream.socket_like_rpc = AsyncMock()
+
+        # First response has persisted_size (NOT EOF, intermediate)
+        persisted_resp = _storage_v2.BidiWriteObjectResponse(persisted_size=500)
+        # Second response is EOF (None)
+        eof_resp = grpc.aio.EOF
+
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.send = AsyncMock()
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.recv = AsyncMock(side_effect=[persisted_resp, eof_resp])
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.close = AsyncMock()
+
+        await stream.close()
+
+        # Verify two recv calls: first has persisted_size (NOT EOF), so read second (EOF)
+        assert stream.socket_like_rpc.recv.await_count == 2
+        assert stream.persisted_size == 500
+        assert not stream.is_stream_open
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_close_with_grpc_aio_eof_response(self, mock_client):
+        """Test close when first recv is grpc.aio.EOF sentinel."""
+        stream = _AsyncWriteObjectStream(mock_client, BUCKET, OBJECT)
+        stream._is_stream_open = True
+        stream.socket_like_rpc = AsyncMock()
+
+        # First recv returns grpc.aio.EOF (explicit sentinel from finalize)
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.send = AsyncMock()
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.recv = AsyncMock(return_value=grpc.aio.EOF)
+        stream.socket_like_rpc.close = AsyncMock()
+
+        await stream.close()
+
+        # Verify only one recv call (grpc.aio.EOF=EOF, so don't read second)
+        assert stream.socket_like_rpc.recv.await_count == 1
+        assert not stream.is_stream_open
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_methods_require_open_raises(self, mock_client):