diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
index 10aafd5d662bb..467e376447335 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
@@ -2709,16 +2709,19 @@ def execute(self, context: Any):
             self._handle_job_error(job)
 
             return self.job_id
-        self.defer(
-            timeout=self.execution_timeout,
-            trigger=BigQueryInsertJobTrigger(
-                conn_id=self.gcp_conn_id,
-                job_id=self.job_id,
-                project_id=self.project_id,
-                poll_interval=self.poll_interval,
-            ),
-            method_name="execute_complete",
-        )
+        else:
+            if job.running():
+                self.defer(
+                    timeout=self.execution_timeout,
+                    trigger=BigQueryInsertJobTrigger(
+                        conn_id=self.gcp_conn_id,
+                        job_id=self.job_id,
+                        project_id=self.project_id,
+                        poll_interval=self.poll_interval,
+                    ),
+                    method_name="execute_complete",
+                )
+            self.log.info("Current state of job %s is %s", job.job_id, job.state)
 
     def execute_complete(self, context: Context, event: dict[str, Any]):
         """
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
index b0547cec3f18c..4b6d31839f144 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
@@ -1310,6 +1310,35 @@ def test_execute_no_force_rerun(self, mock_hook):
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException):
             op.execute(context=MagicMock())
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryInsertJobOperator.defer")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryHook")
+    def test_bigquery_insert_job_operator_async_finish_before_deferred(self, mock_hook, mock_defer, caplog):
+        job_id = "123456"
+        hash_ = "hash"
+        real_job_id = f"{job_id}_{hash_}"
+
+        configuration = {
+            "query": {
+                "query": "SELECT * FROM any",
+                "useLegacySql": False,
+            }
+        }
+        mock_hook.return_value.insert_job.return_value = MagicMock(job_id=real_job_id, error_result=False)
+        mock_hook.return_value.insert_job.return_value.running.return_value = False
+
+        op = BigQueryInsertJobOperator(
+            task_id="insert_query_job",
+            configuration=configuration,
+            location=TEST_DATASET_LOCATION,
+            job_id=job_id,
+            project_id=TEST_GCP_PROJECT_ID,
+            deferrable=True,
+        )
+
+        op.execute(MagicMock())
+        assert not mock_defer.called
+        assert "Current state of job" in caplog.text
+
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryHook")
     def test_bigquery_insert_job_operator_async(self, mock_hook, create_task_instance_of_operator):
         """