diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py
index b55709c309eea..51afcc631f1e4 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.source_bucket = source_bucket
         self.source_object = source_object
-        self.destination_bucket = destination_bucket or self.source_bucket
-        self.destination_object = destination_object or self.source_object
+        self.destination_bucket = destination_bucket
+        self.destination_object = destination_object
 
         self.gcp_conn_id = gcp_conn_id
         self.transform_script = transform_script
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.impersonation_chain = impersonation_chain
 
     def execute(self, context: Context) -> None:
+        destination_bucket = self.destination_bucket or self.source_bucket
+        destination_object = self.destination_object or self.source_object
         hook = GCSHook(gcp_conn_id=self.gcp_conn_id, impersonation_chain=self.impersonation_chain)
 
         with NamedTemporaryFile() as source_file, NamedTemporaryFile() as destination_file:
@@ -637,15 +639,15 @@ def execute(self, context: Context) -> None:
 
             self.log.info("Transformation succeeded. Output temporarily located at %s", destination_file.name)
 
-            self.log.info("Uploading file to %s as %s", self.destination_bucket, self.destination_object)
+            self.log.info("Uploading file to %s as %s", destination_bucket, destination_object)
             FileDetailsLink.persist(
                 context=context,
-                uri=f"{self.destination_bucket}/{self.destination_object}",
+                uri=f"{destination_bucket}/{destination_object}",
                 project_id=hook.project_id,
             )
             hook.upload(
-                bucket_name=self.destination_bucket,
-                object_name=self.destination_object,
+                bucket_name=destination_bucket,
+                object_name=destination_object,
                 filename=destination_file.name,
             )
 
@@ -653,13 +655,15 @@ def get_openlineage_facets_on_start(self):
         from airflow.providers.common.compat.openlineage.facet import Dataset
         from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors import OperatorLineage
 
+        destination_bucket = self.destination_bucket or self.source_bucket
+        destination_object = self.destination_object or self.source_object
         input_dataset = Dataset(
             namespace=f"gs://{self.source_bucket}",
             name=self.source_object,
         )
         output_dataset = Dataset(
-            namespace=f"gs://{self.destination_bucket}",
-            name=self.destination_object,
+            namespace=f"gs://{destination_bucket}",
+            name=destination_object,
         )
 
         return OperatorLineage(inputs=[input_dataset], outputs=[output_dataset])
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py
index 664308cd29188..e1647224920d9 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py
@@ -336,6 +336,49 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_hook, mock_subprocess, mock_tempfile):
             filename=destination,
         )
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.gcs.NamedTemporaryFile")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.gcs.subprocess")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.gcs.GCSHook")
+    def test_execute_defaults_destination_to_source(self, mock_hook, mock_subprocess, mock_tempfile):
+        source_bucket = TEST_BUCKET
+        source_object = "test.txt"
+        transform_script = "script.py"
+
+        source = "source"
+        destination = "destination"
+
+        mock1 = mock.Mock()
+        mock2 = mock.Mock()
+        mock1.name = source
+        mock2.name = destination
+
+        mock_tempfile.return_value.__enter__.side_effect = [mock1, mock2]
+
+        mock_proc = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_proc.returncode = 0
+        mock_proc.stdout.readline = lambda: b""
+        mock_proc.wait.return_value = None
+        mock_popen = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_popen.return_value.__enter__.return_value = mock_proc
+
+        mock_subprocess.Popen = mock_popen
+        mock_subprocess.PIPE = "pipe"
+        mock_subprocess.STDOUT = "stdout"
+
+        op = GCSFileTransformOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=source_bucket,
+            source_object=source_object,
+            transform_script=transform_script,
+        )
+        op.execute(context=mock.MagicMock())
+
+        mock_hook.return_value.upload.assert_called_with(
+            bucket_name=source_bucket,
+            object_name=source_object,
+            filename=destination,
+        )
+
     def test_get_openlineage_facets_on_start(self):
         expected_input = Dataset(
             namespace=f"gs://{TEST_BUCKET}",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
index 345248323f529..ff1f79c194e78 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/cloud_storage_tran
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/dataproc.py::DataprocCreateClusterOperator
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/dataproc.py::DataprocSubmitJobOperator
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/functions.py::CloudFunctionDeployFunctionOperator
-providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py::GCSFileTransformOperator
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/bigquery_dts.py::BigQueryDataTransferServiceTransferRunSensor
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/cloud_composer.py::CloudComposerExternalTaskSensor
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/azure_fileshare_to_gcs.py::AzureFileShareToGCSOperator