diff --git a/chromadb/api/async_client.py b/chromadb/api/async_client.py
index a167c83e290..3b9424404fe 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/async_client.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/async_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import httpx
-from typing import Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Optional, Sequence, cast
 from uuid import UUID
 from overrides import override
 
@@ -103,7 +103,44 @@ async def from_system_async(
         database: str = DEFAULT_DATABASE,
     ) -> "AsyncClient":
         """Create a client from an existing system. This is useful for testing and debugging."""
-        return await AsyncClient.create(tenant, database, system.settings)
+        self = cls.__new__(cls)
+        self._identifier = SharedSystemClient._populate_data_from_system(system)
+        SharedSystemClient._increment_refcount(self._identifier)
+
+        try:
+            self.tenant = tenant
+            self.database = database
+
+            self._server = self._system.instance(AsyncServerAPI)
+
+            user_identity = await self.get_user_identity()
+
+            maybe_tenant, maybe_database = maybe_set_tenant_and_database(
+                user_identity,
+                overwrite_singleton_tenant_database_access_from_auth=system.settings.chroma_overwrite_singleton_tenant_database_access_from_auth,
+                user_provided_tenant=tenant,
+                user_provided_database=database,
+            )
+            if maybe_tenant:
+                self.tenant = maybe_tenant
+            if maybe_database:
+                self.database = maybe_database
+
+            self._admin_client = AsyncAdminClient.from_system(self._system)
+            await self._validate_tenant_database(
+                tenant=self.tenant, database=self.database
+            )
+
+            self._submit_client_start_event()
+
+            return self
+        except Exception:
+            if hasattr(self, "_admin_client"):
+                SharedSystemClient._release_system(
+                    cast("AsyncAdminClient", self._admin_client)._identifier
+                )
+            SharedSystemClient._release_system(self._identifier)
+            raise
 
     @classmethod
     @override
diff --git a/chromadb/test/test_async_client_from_system.py b/chromadb/test/test_async_client_from_system.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb237adb3b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chromadb/test/test_async_client_from_system.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import asyncio
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+from chromadb.api.async_client import AsyncClient
+from chromadb.auth import UserIdentity
+from chromadb.config import Settings, System
+
+
+def test_async_client_from_system_async_reuses_provided_system() -> None:
+    settings = Settings(
+        chroma_api_impl="chromadb.api.async_fastapi.AsyncFastAPI",
+        chroma_server_host="localhost",
+        chroma_server_http_port=9000,
+    )
+    system = MagicMock(spec=System)
+    system.settings = settings
+    system.instance.return_value = MagicMock()
+
+    with patch.object(
+        AsyncClient,
+        "get_user_identity",
+        new=AsyncMock(
+            return_value=UserIdentity(
+                user_id="test-user",
+                tenant="default_tenant",
+                databases=["default_database"],
+            )
+        ),
+    ):
+        with patch.object(AsyncClient, "_validate_tenant_database", new=AsyncMock()):
+            with patch.object(AsyncClient, "_submit_client_start_event"):
+                with patch(
+                    "chromadb.api.async_client.AsyncAdminClient.from_system",
+                    return_value=MagicMock(),
+                ):
+                    client = asyncio.run(AsyncClient.from_system_async(system))
+
+    assert client._system is system
+    client.clear_system_cache()