diff --git a/src/AcDream.Content/Pak/PakWriter.cs b/src/AcDream.Content/Pak/PakWriter.cs
index 39618512..fe6e33bd 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Content/Pak/PakWriter.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Content/Pak/PakWriter.cs
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ public sealed class PakWriter : IDisposable {
     }
 
     public void Dispose() {
+        // Best-effort finalize so a forgotten Finish() call doesn't leave a
+        // half-written file with a placeholder header claiming 0 entries
+        // while blobs are on disk. No try/catch needed: Finish() only throws
+        // when _finished is already true, which this guard already excludes.
         if (!_finished) {
-            // Best-effort finalize so a forgotten Finish() call doesn't leave a
-            // half-written file with a placeholder header claiming 0 entries
-            // while blobs are on disk — surfaced loudly instead via Finish()'s
-            // own invariants on next use, but here we simply flush what exists.
-            try { Finish(); } catch (InvalidOperationException) { /* already finished */ }
+            Finish();
         }
         _stream.Dispose();
     }