diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js
index fb737f945d..286d40c3a9 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ export function createExport ({ repo, preload, codecs }) {
           cid,
           writer,
           codecs)
-        writer.close()
       } catch (/** @type {any} */ e) {
         err = e
+      } finally {
+        writer.close()
       }
     })()