diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/triggers/pubsub.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/triggers/pubsub.py
index 6b95e283adddb..535bfe2ba1c68 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/triggers/pubsub.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/triggers/pubsub.py
@@ -97,22 +97,19 @@ def serialize(self) -> tuple[str, dict[str, Any]]:
 
     async def run(self) -> AsyncIterator[TriggerEvent]:  # type: ignore[override]
         try:
-            pulled_messages = None
             while True:
-                if pulled_messages:
+                if pulled_messages := await self.hook.pull(
+                    project_id=self.project_id,
+                    subscription=self.subscription,
+                    max_messages=self.max_messages,
+                    return_immediately=True,
+                ):
                     if self.ack_messages:
                         await self.message_acknowledgement(pulled_messages)
                     yield TriggerEvent({"status": "success", "message": pulled_messages})
                     return
-                else:
-                    pulled_messages = await self.hook.pull(
-                        project_id=self.project_id,
-                        subscription=self.subscription,
-                        max_messages=self.max_messages,
-                        return_immediately=True,
-                    )
-                    self.log.info("Sleeping for %s seconds.", self.poke_interval)
-                    await asyncio.sleep(self.poke_interval)
+                self.log.info("Sleeping for %s seconds.", self.poke_interval)
+                await asyncio.sleep(self.poke_interval)
         except Exception as e:
             yield TriggerEvent({"status": "error", "message": str(e)})
             return