diff --git a/seqio/beam_utils.py b/seqio/beam_utils.py
index ccf1ff23..fa4fb9a6 100644
--- a/seqio/beam_utils.py
+++ b/seqio/beam_utils.py
@@ -196,16 +196,12 @@ def __init__(self, output_path: str, num_shards: Optional[int] = None):
     self._num_shards = num_shards
 
   def expand(self, pcoll):
-    return (
-        pcoll
-        | beam.Map(seqio.dict_to_tfexample)
-        | beam.Reshuffle()
-        | beam.io.tfrecordio.WriteToTFRecord(
-            self._output_path,
-            num_shards=self._num_shards,
-            coder=beam.coders.ProtoCoder(tf.train.Example),
-        )
+    sink = beam.io.tfrecordio.WriteToTFRecord(
+        self._output_path,
+        num_shards=self._num_shards,
+        coder=beam.coders.ProtoCoder(tf.train.Example),
     )
+    return pcoll | beam.Map(seqio.dict_to_tfexample) | beam.Reshuffle() | sink
 
 
 
@@ -302,17 +298,13 @@ def __init__(
     self._preserve_random_access = preserve_random_access
 
   def expand(self, pcoll):
-    return (
-        pcoll
-        | beam.Map(seqio.dict_to_tfexample)
-        | beam.Reshuffle()
-        | WriteToArrayRecord(
-            self._output_path,
-            num_shards=self._num_shards,
-            coder=beam.coders.ProtoCoder(tf.train.Example),
-            preserve_random_access=self._preserve_random_access,
-        )
+    sink = WriteToArrayRecord(
+        self._output_path,
+        num_shards=self._num_shards,
+        coder=beam.coders.ProtoCoder(tf.train.Example),
+        preserve_random_access=self._preserve_random_access,
     )
+    return pcoll | beam.Map(seqio.dict_to_tfexample) | beam.Reshuffle() | sink
 
 
 class WriteJson(beam.PTransform):
@@ -337,14 +329,10 @@ def _jsonify(self, el):
       return json.dumps(el)
 
   def expand(self, pcoll):
-    return (
-        pcoll
-        | beam.Map(self._jsonify)
-        | "write_info"
-        >> beam.io.WriteToText(
-            self._output_path, num_shards=1, shard_name_template=""
-        )
+    sink = beam.io.WriteToText(
+        self._output_path, num_shards=1, shard_name_template=""
     )
+    return pcoll | beam.Map(self._jsonify) | "write_info" >> sink
 
 
 class GetInfo(beam.PTransform):