We consider a linear non-autonomous evolutionary Cauchy probleṁ1) where the operator A(t) arises from a time depending sesquilinear form a(t, ., .) on a Hilbert space H with constant domain V . Recently, a result on L 2 -maximal regularity in H, i.e. for each given f ∈ L 2 (0, T, H) and u0 ∈ V the problem (0.1) has a unique solution u ∈ L 2 (0, T, V ) ∩ H 1 (0, T, H), is proved in Dier (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 425:33-54, 2015) under the assumption that a is symmetric and of bounded variation. The aim of this paper is to prove that the solutions of an approximate nonautonomous Cauchy problem in which a is symmetric and piecewise affine are closed to the solutions of that governed by symmetric and of bounded variation form. In particular, this provides an alternative proof of the result in Dier (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 425:33-54, 2015) on L 2 -maximal regularity in H. Mathematics Subject Classification. 35K90, 35K50, 35K45, 47D06.