diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-firestore/google/cloud/firestore_v1/bulk_writer.py b/packages/google-cloud-firestore/google/cloud/firestore_v1/bulk_writer.py
index 141bc7aa6cda..638471cbb9e8 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-firestore/google/cloud/firestore_v1/bulk_writer.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-firestore/google/cloud/firestore_v1/bulk_writer.py
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ def _schedule_ready_retries(self) -> None:
         )
 
         for _ in range(take_until_index):
+            if not self._retries:
+                break
             retry: OperationRetry = self._retries.popleft()
             retry.retry(self)
         return None