diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriter.java b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriter.java
index 1376d87db5781..d5134addc1d02 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriter.java
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriter.java
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ private BasicRequestInfo createRequestInfo() {
     private void flush() throws InterruptedException {
         RequestInfo requestInfo = createRequestInfo();
         while (rateLimitingStrategy.shouldBlock(requestInfo)) {
-            mailboxExecutor.yield();
+            yieldIfThereExistsInFlightRequests();
             requestInfo = createRequestInfo();
         }
 
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriterYieldTest.java b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriterYieldTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..691fd16548009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/AsyncSinkWriterYieldTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.connector.base.sink.writer;
+
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.operators.MailboxExecutor;
+import org.apache.flink.connector.base.sink.writer.config.AsyncSinkWriterConfiguration;
+import org.apache.flink.connector.base.sink.writer.strategy.AIMDScalingStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.connector.base.sink.writer.strategy.CongestionControlRateLimitingStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.util.function.ThrowingRunnable;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for conditional yielding behavior in AsyncSinkWriter flush method. Verifies that
+ * yieldIfThereExistsInFlightRequests() only yields when there are actual in-flight requests.
+ */
+class AsyncSinkWriterYieldTest {
+
+    private TestSinkInitContext sinkInitContext;
+    private final List<Integer> results = new ArrayList<>();
+    private AtomicInteger yieldCallCount;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setup() {
+        yieldCallCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        sinkInitContext = new TestSinkInitContext();
+        results.clear();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFlushWithEmptyBufferDoesNotYield() throws Exception {
+        TrackingMailboxExecutor trackingMailbox = new TrackingMailboxExecutor(yieldCallCount);
+        TestSinkInitContext contextWithTracking =
+                new TestSinkInitContextWithCustomMailbox(trackingMailbox);
+
+        TestAsyncSinkWriter sink =
+                new TestAsyncSinkWriter(contextWithTracking, 10, 100, 1000, results);
+
+        int yieldCountBefore = yieldCallCount.get();
+        sink.flush(false);
+        int yieldCountAfter = yieldCallCount.get();
+
+        assertThat(yieldCountAfter).isEqualTo(yieldCountBefore);
+        assertThat(yieldCountAfter).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFlushWithBufferedElementsButNoInFlightRequestsDoesNotYield() throws Exception {
+        TrackingMailboxExecutor trackingMailbox = new TrackingMailboxExecutor(yieldCallCount);
+        TestSinkInitContext contextWithTracking =
+                new TestSinkInitContextWithCustomMailbox(trackingMailbox);
+
+        TestAsyncSinkWriter sink =
+                new TestAsyncSinkWriter(contextWithTracking, 10, 100, 1000, results);
+
+        sink.write("1");
+        sink.write("2");
+
+        int yieldCountBefore = yieldCallCount.get();
+        sink.flush(false);
+        int yieldCountAfter = yieldCallCount.get();
+
+        assertThat(yieldCountAfter).isEqualTo(yieldCountBefore);
+        assertThat(yieldCountAfter).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFlushWithTrueFlushesAllElementsWithoutYielding() throws Exception {
+        TrackingMailboxExecutor trackingMailbox = new TrackingMailboxExecutor(yieldCallCount);
+        TestSinkInitContext contextWithTracking =
+                new TestSinkInitContextWithCustomMailbox(trackingMailbox);
+
+        TestAsyncSinkWriter sink =
+                new TestAsyncSinkWriter(contextWithTracking, 10, 100, 1000, results);
+
+        sink.write("1");
+        sink.write("2");
+        sink.write("3");
+
+        sink.flush(true);
+
+        assertThat(results).containsExactly(1, 2, 3);
+        assertThat(yieldCallCount.get()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    private static class TestAsyncSinkWriter extends AsyncSinkWriter<String, Integer> {
+        private final List<Integer> results;
+
+        TestAsyncSinkWriter(
+                TestSinkInitContext context,
+                int maxBatchSize,
+                int maxBufferedRequests,
+                long maxBatchSizeInBytes,
+                List<Integer> results) {
+            super(
+                    (elem, ctx) -> Integer.parseInt(elem),
+                    context,
+                    AsyncSinkWriterConfiguration.builder()
+                            .setMaxBatchSize(maxBatchSize)
+                            .setMaxBatchSizeInBytes(maxBatchSizeInBytes)
+                            .setMaxInFlightRequests(1)
+                            .setMaxBufferedRequests(maxBufferedRequests)
+                            .setMaxTimeInBufferMS(1000)
+                            .setMaxRecordSizeInBytes(100)
+                            .setRateLimitingStrategy(
+                                    CongestionControlRateLimitingStrategy.builder()
+                                            .setInitialMaxInFlightMessages(maxBatchSize)
+                                            .setMaxInFlightRequests(1)
+                                            .setScalingStrategy(
+                                                    AIMDScalingStrategy.builder(maxBatchSize)
+                                                            .build())
+                                            .build())
+                            .build(),
+                    Collections.emptyList());
+            this.results = results;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void submitRequestEntries(
+                List<Integer> requestEntries, ResultHandler<Integer> resultHandler) {
+            results.addAll(requestEntries);
+            resultHandler.complete();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected long getSizeInBytes(Integer requestEntry) {
+            return 4;
+        }
+
+        public void write(String val) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            write(val, null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class TrackingMailboxExecutor implements MailboxExecutor {
+        private final AtomicInteger yieldCount;
+
+        TrackingMailboxExecutor(AtomicInteger yieldCount) {
+            this.yieldCount = yieldCount;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void execute(
+                MailOptions mailOptions,
+                ThrowingRunnable<? extends Exception> command,
+                String descriptionFormat,
+                Object... descriptionArgs) {
+            try {
+                command.run();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void yield() throws InterruptedException {
+            yieldCount.incrementAndGet();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean tryYield() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean shouldInterrupt() {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class TestSinkInitContextWithCustomMailbox extends TestSinkInitContext {
+        private final MailboxExecutor customMailbox;
+
+        TestSinkInitContextWithCustomMailbox(MailboxExecutor mailbox) {
+            this.customMailbox = mailbox;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MailboxExecutor getMailboxExecutor() {
+            return customMailbox;
+        }
+    }
+}