diff --git a/controllers/bucket_controller.go b/controllers/bucket_controller.go
index ddb1ea94..002c95c6 100644
--- a/controllers/bucket_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/bucket_controller.go
@@ -272,10 +272,9 @@ func (r *BucketReconciler) reconcileWithGCP(ctx context.Context, bucket sourcev1
 	gcpClient, err := r.authGCP(ctx, bucket)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("auth error: %w", err)
-		log.Error(err, "GCP Provider")
 		return sourcev1.BucketNotReady(bucket, sourcev1.AuthenticationFailedReason, err.Error()), err
 	}
-	defer gcpClient.Client.Close()
+	defer gcpClient.Close(log)
 
 	ctxTimeout, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, bucket.Spec.Timeout.Duration)
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/pkg/gcp/gcp.go b/pkg/gcp/gcp.go
index 38a0b99f..9127fcde 100644
--- a/pkg/gcp/gcp.go
+++ b/pkg/gcp/gcp.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	gcpstorage "cloud.google.com/go/storage"
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 )
@@ -162,3 +163,10 @@ func (c *GCPClient) ListObjects(ctx context.Context, bucketName string, query *g
 	items := c.Client.Bucket(bucketName).Objects(ctx, query)
 	return items
 }
+
+// Close closes the GCP Client and logs any useful errors
+func (c *GCPClient) Close(log logr.Logger) {
+	if err := c.Client.Close(); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err, "GCP Provider")
+	}
+}