diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js
index 6094357ac4..783e3662e2 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/dag/export.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function createExport ({ repo, preload, codecs }) {
       try {
         const load = makeLoader(repo, writer, { signal: options.signal, timeout: options.timeout }, codecs)
         await walk({ cid, load })
-        writer.close()
+        await writer.close()
       } catch (e) {
         err = e
       }