diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb
index 3871b4f25b..cda7926fab 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb
@@ -728,7 +728,6 @@ def write_once(metadata, data, format: nil, size: nil, &block)
 
       def write_step_by_step(metadata, data, format, splits_count, &block)
         splits = []
-        errors = []
         if splits_count > data.size
           splits_count = data.size
         end
@@ -749,16 +748,14 @@ def write_step_by_step(metadata, data, format, splits_count, &block)
         modified_chunks = []
         modified_metadata = metadata
         get_next_chunk = ->(){
-          c = if staged_chunk_used
-                # Staging new chunk here is bad idea:
-                # Recovering whole state including newly staged chunks is much harder than current implementation.
-                modified_metadata = modified_metadata.dup_next
-                generate_chunk(modified_metadata)
-              else
-                synchronize { @stage[modified_metadata] ||= generate_chunk(modified_metadata).staged! }
-              end
-          modified_chunks << c
-          c
+          if staged_chunk_used
+            # Staging new chunk here is bad idea:
+            # Recovering whole state including newly staged chunks is much harder than current implementation.
+            modified_metadata = modified_metadata.dup_next
+            generate_chunk(modified_metadata)
+          else
+            synchronize { @stage[modified_metadata] ||= generate_chunk(modified_metadata).staged! }
+          end
         }
 
         writing_splits_index = 0
@@ -766,6 +763,8 @@ def write_step_by_step(metadata, data, format, splits_count, &block)
 
         while writing_splits_index < splits.size
           chunk = get_next_chunk.call
+          errors = []
+          modified_chunks << {chunk: chunk, adding_bytesize: 0, errors: errors}
           chunk.synchronize do
             raise ShouldRetry unless chunk.writable?
             staged_chunk_used = true if chunk.staged?
@@ -851,15 +850,18 @@ def write_step_by_step(metadata, data, format, splits_count, &block)
               raise
             end
 
-            block.call(chunk, chunk.bytesize - original_bytesize, errors)
-            errors = []
+            modified_chunks.last[:adding_bytesize] = chunk.bytesize - original_bytesize
           end
         end
+        modified_chunks.each do |data|
+          block.call(data[:chunk], data[:adding_bytesize], data[:errors])
+        end
       rescue ShouldRetry
-        modified_chunks.each do |mc|
-          mc.rollback rescue nil
-          if mc.unstaged?
-            mc.purge rescue nil
+        modified_chunks.each do |data|
+          chunk = data[:chunk]
+          chunk.rollback rescue nil
+          if chunk.unstaged?
+            chunk.purge rescue nil
           end
         end
         enqueue_chunk(metadata) if enqueue_chunk_before_retry
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_buffer.rb b/test/plugin/test_buffer.rb
index d35d2d6ce7..451358a5b1 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_buffer.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_buffer.rb
@@ -850,6 +850,57 @@ def create_chunk_es(metadata, es)
     test '#compress returns :text' do
       assert_equal :text, @p.compress
     end
+
+    # https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/issues/3089
+    test "closed chunk should not be committed" do
+      assert_equal 8 * 1024 * 1024, @p.chunk_limit_size
+      assert_equal 0.95, @p.chunk_full_threshold
+
+      purge_count = 0
+
+      stub.proxy(@p).generate_chunk(anything) do |chunk|
+        stub.proxy(chunk).purge do |result|
+          purge_count += 1
+          result
+        end
+        stub.proxy(chunk).commit do |result|
+          assert_false(chunk.closed?)
+          result
+        end
+        stub.proxy(chunk).rollback do |result|
+          assert_false(chunk.closed?)
+          result
+        end
+        chunk
+      end
+
+      m = @p.metadata(timekey: Time.parse('2016-04-11 16:40:00 +0000').to_i)
+      small_row = "x" * 1024 * 400
+      big_row = "x" * 1024 * 1024 * 8 # just `chunk_size_limit`, it does't cause BufferOverFlowError.
+
+      # Write 42 events in 1 event stream, last one is for triggering `ShouldRetry`
+      @p.write({m => [small_row] * 40 + [big_row] + ["x"]})
+
+      # Above event strem will be splitted twice by `Buffer#write_step_by_step`
+      #
+      # 1. `write_once`: 42 [events] * 1 [stream]
+      # 2. `write_step_by_step`: 4 [events]* 10 [streams] + 2 [events] * 1 [stream]
+      # 3. `write_step_by_step` (by `ShouldRetry`): 1 [event] * 42 [streams]
+      #
+      # The problematic data is built in the 2nd stage.
+      # In the 2nd stage, 5 streams are packed in a chunk.
+      # ((1024 * 400) [bytes] * 4 [events] * 5 [streams] = 8192000 [bytes] < `chunk_limit_size` (8MB)).
+      # So 3 chunks are used to store all data.
+      # The 1st chunk is already staged by `write_once`.
+      # The 2nd & 3rd chunks are newly created as unstaged.
+      # The 3rd chunk is purged before `ShouldRetry`, it's no problem:
+      #   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/blob/7e9eba736ff40ad985341be800ddc46558be75f2/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb#L850
+      # The 2nd chunk is purged in `rescue ShouldRetry`:
+      #   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/blob/7e9eba736ff40ad985341be800ddc46558be75f2/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb#L862
+      # It causes the issue described in https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/issues/3089#issuecomment-1811839198
+
+      assert_equal 2, purge_count
+    end
   end
 
   sub_test_case 'standard format with configuration for test with lower chunk limit size' do