diff --git a/tiered-storage/jcloud/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/offload/jcloud/impl/BlobStoreBackedReadHandleImplV2.java b/tiered-storage/jcloud/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/offload/jcloud/impl/BlobStoreBackedReadHandleImplV2.java
index 502f475174cee..3fffd18a5d8a8 100644
--- a/tiered-storage/jcloud/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/offload/jcloud/impl/BlobStoreBackedReadHandleImplV2.java
+++ b/tiered-storage/jcloud/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/offload/jcloud/impl/BlobStoreBackedReadHandleImplV2.java
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ public CompletableFuture<LedgerEntries> readAsync(long firstEntry, long lastEntr
                     entries.forEach(LedgerEntry::close);
                 }
 
-                promise.complete(LedgerEntriesImpl.create(entries));
             }
+            promise.complete(LedgerEntriesImpl.create(entries));
         });
         return promise;
     }