diff --git a/Sources/FaceLiveness/AV/VideoChunker.swift b/Sources/FaceLiveness/AV/VideoChunker.swift
index 8b014ba1..962cb798 100644
--- a/Sources/FaceLiveness/AV/VideoChunker.swift
+++ b/Sources/FaceLiveness/AV/VideoChunker.swift
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ final class VideoChunker {
         state = .awaitingSingleFrame
 
         // explicitly calling `endSession` is unnecessary
-        if state != .complete {
+        if assetWriter.status != .completed {
             assetWriter.finishWriting {}
         }
     }