diff --git a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.CreateToken.cs b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.CreateToken.cs
index 6678fe2bfe..a86e293ac1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.CreateToken.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.CreateToken.cs
@@ -708,23 +708,19 @@ internal static void WriteJwsPayload(
 
             if (!tokenDescriptor.Audiences.IsNullOrEmpty())
             {
-                writer.WritePropertyName(JwtPayloadUtf8Bytes.Aud);
-                writer.WriteStartArray();
-                foreach (string audience in tokenDescriptor.Audiences) { writer.WriteStringValue(audience); }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tokenDescriptor.Audience))
-                    writer.WriteStringValue(tokenDescriptor.Audience);
+                if (!tokenDescriptor.Audience.IsNullOrEmpty())
+                    JsonPrimitives.WriteStrings(ref writer, JwtPayloadUtf8Bytes.Aud, tokenDescriptor.Audiences, tokenDescriptor.Audience);
+                else
+                    JsonPrimitives.WriteStrings(ref writer, JwtPayloadUtf8Bytes.Aud, tokenDescriptor.Audiences);
 
-                writer.WriteEndArray();
                 audienceSet = true;
             }
-            else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tokenDescriptor.Audience))
+            else if (!tokenDescriptor.Audience.IsNullOrEmpty())
             {
                 writer.WritePropertyName(JwtPayloadUtf8Bytes.Aud);
                 writer.WriteStringValue(tokenDescriptor.Audience);
                 audienceSet = true;
             }
-
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tokenDescriptor.Issuer))
             {
                 issuerSet = true;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Json/JsonSerializerPrimitives.cs b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Json/JsonSerializerPrimitives.cs
index 128ead5fa8..d57c3d4048 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Json/JsonSerializerPrimitives.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Json/JsonSerializerPrimitives.cs
@@ -1188,6 +1188,15 @@ public static void WriteStrings(ref Utf8JsonWriter writer, ReadOnlySpan<byte> pr
 
             writer.WriteEndArray();
         }
-#endregion
+
+        public static void WriteStrings(ref Utf8JsonWriter writer, ReadOnlySpan<byte> propertyName, IList<string> strings, string extraString)
+        {
+            writer.WriteStartArray(propertyName);
+            foreach (string str in strings)
+                writer.WriteStringValue(str);
+            writer.WriteStringValue(extraString);
+            writer.WriteEndArray();
+        }
+        #endregion
     }
 }