diff --git a/providers/microsoft/azure/src/airflow/providers/microsoft/azure/transfers/gcs_to_wasb.py b/providers/microsoft/azure/src/airflow/providers/microsoft/azure/transfers/gcs_to_wasb.py
index acdc0fa65ea5e..af10c59cafcce 100644
--- a/providers/microsoft/azure/src/airflow/providers/microsoft/azure/transfers/gcs_to_wasb.py
+++ b/providers/microsoft/azure/src/airflow/providers/microsoft/azure/transfers/gcs_to_wasb.py
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ def __init__(
                 self._is_match_glob_supported = False
         except ImportError:
             self._is_match_glob_supported = False
-        if not self._is_match_glob_supported and match_glob:
-            raise ValueError("The 'match_glob' parameter requires 'apache-airflow-providers-google>=10.3.0'.")
         self.match_glob = match_glob
+        if not self._is_match_glob_supported and match_glob is not None:
+            raise ValueError("The 'match_glob' parameter requires 'apache-airflow-providers-google>=10.3.0'.")
 
     def _transform_file_path(self, file_path: str) -> str:
         """
diff --git a/providers/microsoft/azure/tests/unit/microsoft/azure/transfers/test_gcs_to_wasb.py b/providers/microsoft/azure/tests/unit/microsoft/azure/transfers/test_gcs_to_wasb.py
index 27d61b0c2ae45..3ec866a73a637 100644
--- a/providers/microsoft/azure/tests/unit/microsoft/azure/transfers/test_gcs_to_wasb.py
+++ b/providers/microsoft/azure/tests/unit/microsoft/azure/transfers/test_gcs_to_wasb.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ def test_init_defaults(self):
         assert op.create_container is False
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.__version__", "10.2.0")
-    def test_match_glob_requires_recent_google_provider(self):
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.transfers.gcs_to_wasb.WasbHook")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.transfers.gcs_to_wasb.GCSHook")
+    def test_match_glob_requires_recent_google_provider(self, mock_gcs_hook, mock_wasb_hook):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="match_glob"):
             GCSToAzureBlobStorageOperator(
                 task_id=TASK_ID,
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ def test_match_glob_requires_recent_google_provider(self):
                 container_name=CONTAINER,
                 match_glob="**/*.csv",
             )
+        mock_gcs_hook.return_value.list.assert_not_called()
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.transfers.gcs_to_wasb.WasbHook")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.microsoft.azure.transfers.gcs_to_wasb.GCSHook")
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
index e6869670a5bea..b7182ebdda391 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/cloud_composer.py::C
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/azure_fileshare_to_gcs.py::AzureFileShareToGCSOperator
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py::GCSToBigQueryOperator
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/marketing_platform/operators/campaign_manager.py::GoogleCampaignManagerDeleteReportOperator
-providers/microsoft/azure/src/airflow/providers/microsoft/azure/transfers/gcs_to_wasb.py::GCSToAzureBlobStorageOperator
 providers/microsoft/psrp/src/airflow/providers/microsoft/psrp/operators/psrp.py::PsrpOperator