diff --git a/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputFile.java b/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputFile.java
index 302286f3f98c..aa461c347d5d 100644
--- a/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputFile.java
+++ b/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputFile.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
-import static io.trino.filesystem.gcs.GcsUtils.getBlob;
 import static io.trino.filesystem.gcs.GcsUtils.handleGcsException;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_PRECON_FAILED;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
@@ -65,9 +64,6 @@ public void createExclusive(byte[] data)
             throws IOException
     {
         try {
-            if (getBlob(storage, location).isPresent()) {
-                throw new FileAlreadyExistsException("File %s already exists".formatted(location));
-            }
             storage.create(blobInfo(), data, BlobTargetOption.doesNotExist());
         }
         catch (RuntimeException e) {
@@ -81,9 +77,6 @@ public OutputStream create(AggregatedMemoryContext memoryContext)
             throws IOException
     {
         try {
-            if (getBlob(storage, location).isPresent()) {
-                throw new FileAlreadyExistsException("File %s already exists".formatted(location));
-            }
             WriteChannel writeChannel = storage.writer(blobInfo(), BlobWriteOption.doesNotExist());
             return new GcsOutputStream(location, writeChannel, memoryContext, writeBlockSizeBytes);
         }
diff --git a/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputStream.java b/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputStream.java
index d00a2b8ad483..a931e24cf849 100644
--- a/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputStream.java
+++ b/lib/trino-filesystem-gcs/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/gcs/GcsOutputStream.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package io.trino.filesystem.gcs;
 
 import com.google.cloud.WriteChannel;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageException;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import io.trino.memory.context.AggregatedMemoryContext;
 import io.trino.memory.context.LocalMemoryContext;
@@ -21,9 +22,11 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static java.lang.Math.min;
+import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_PRECON_FAILED;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 public class GcsOutputStream
@@ -134,6 +137,11 @@ public void close()
             try {
                 writeChannel.close();
             }
+            catch (StorageException e) {
+                if (e.getCode() == HTTP_PRECON_FAILED) {
+                    throw new FileAlreadyExistsException(location.toString());
+                }
+            }
             catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new IOException("Error closing file: " + location, e);
             }
diff --git a/lib/trino-filesystem/src/test/java/io/trino/filesystem/AbstractTestTrinoFileSystem.java b/lib/trino-filesystem/src/test/java/io/trino/filesystem/AbstractTestTrinoFileSystem.java
index dce101db24d5..e3ca87854b62 100644
--- a/lib/trino-filesystem/src/test/java/io/trino/filesystem/AbstractTestTrinoFileSystem.java
+++ b/lib/trino-filesystem/src/test/java/io/trino/filesystem/AbstractTestTrinoFileSystem.java
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void testOutputFile()
 
             if (isCreateExclusive()) {
                 // re-create without overwrite is an error
-                assertThatThrownBy(outputFile::create)
+                assertThatThrownBy(() -> outputFile.create().close())
                         .isInstanceOf(FileAlreadyExistsException.class)
                         .hasMessageContaining(tempBlob.location().toString());