diff --git a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitter.java b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitter.java
index 398e3fdae8a..cb025823bf4 100644
--- a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitter.java
+++ b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/image/publisher/SnapshotEmitter.java
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ public class SnapshotEmitter implements SnapshotGenerator.Emitter {
             throw e;
         } finally {
             Utils.closeQuietly(writer, "RaftSnapshotWriter");
-            Utils.closeQuietly(snapshotWriter.get(), "SnapshotWriter");
         }
     }
 }