diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 0da17cc4a95..3d6874efc00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fixed `cloudfoundry.access` to have the correct `cloudfoundry.app.id` contents. {pull}17847[17847]
 - Fixing `ingress_controller.` fields to be of type keyword instead of text. {issue}17834[17834]
 - Fixed typo in log message. {pull}17897[17897]
+- Fix an error updating file size being logged when EOF is reached. {pull}21048[21048]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go b/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go
index 95043e94237..0e6c42c22a1 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type Harvester struct {
 
 	// shutdown handling
 	done     chan struct{}
+	doneWg   *sync.WaitGroup
 	stopOnce sync.Once
 	stopWg   *sync.WaitGroup
 	stopLock sync.Mutex
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ func NewHarvester(
 		publishState:  publishState,
 		done:          make(chan struct{}),
 		stopWg:        &sync.WaitGroup{},
+		doneWg:        &sync.WaitGroup{},
 		id:            id,
 		outletFactory: outletFactory,
 	}
@@ -296,7 +298,11 @@ func (h *Harvester) Run() error {
 
 	logp.Info("Harvester started for file: %s", h.state.Source)
 
-	go h.monitorFileSize()
+	h.doneWg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		h.monitorFileSize()
+		h.doneWg.Done()
+	}()
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -375,7 +381,8 @@ func (h *Harvester) monitorFileSize() {
 func (h *Harvester) stop() {
 	h.stopOnce.Do(func() {
 		close(h.done)
-
+		// Wait for goroutines monitoring h.done to terminate before closing source.
+		h.doneWg.Wait()
 		filesMetrics.Remove(h.id.String())
 	})
 }