diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
index 30964f4af8798..7f9c38c515a61 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigquery.py
@@ -240,16 +240,18 @@ def execute(self, context: Context):
             )
             job = self._submit_job(hook, job_id="")
             context["ti"].xcom_push(key="job_id", value=job.job_id)
-            self.defer(
-                timeout=self.execution_timeout,
-                trigger=BigQueryCheckTrigger(
-                    conn_id=self.gcp_conn_id,
-                    job_id=job.job_id,
-                    project_id=hook.project_id,
-                    poll_interval=self.poll_interval,
-                ),
-                method_name="execute_complete",
-            )
+            if job.running():
+                self.defer(
+                    timeout=self.execution_timeout,
+                    trigger=BigQueryCheckTrigger(
+                        conn_id=self.gcp_conn_id,
+                        job_id=job.job_id,
+                        project_id=hook.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]) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
index 4b6d31839f144..25b341a4c38a5 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigquery.py
@@ -1595,6 +1595,32 @@ def test_bigquery_interval_check_operator_async(self, mock_hook, create_task_ins
 
 
 class TestBigQueryCheckOperator:
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryCheckOperator.execute")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryCheckOperator.defer")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryHook")
+    def test_bigquery_check_operator_async_finish_before_deferred(
+        self, mock_hook, mock_defer, mock_execute, create_task_instance_of_operator
+    ):
+        job_id = "123456"
+        hash_ = "hash"
+        real_job_id = f"{job_id}_{hash_}"
+
+        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
+
+        ti = create_task_instance_of_operator(
+            BigQueryCheckOperator,
+            dag_id="dag_id",
+            task_id="bq_check_operator_job",
+            sql="SELECT * FROM any",
+            location=TEST_DATASET_LOCATION,
+            deferrable=True,
+        )
+
+        ti.task.execute(MagicMock())
+        assert not mock_defer.called
+        assert mock_execute.called
+
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigquery.BigQueryHook")
     def test_bigquery_check_operator_async(self, mock_hook, create_task_instance_of_operator):
         """