diff --git a/services/s3/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/internal/crt/S3NativeClientConfiguration.java b/services/s3/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/internal/crt/S3NativeClientConfiguration.java
index 4925a708c818..56c79c721a30 100644
--- a/services/s3/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/internal/crt/S3NativeClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/services/s3/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/services/s3/internal/crt/S3NativeClientConfiguration.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public S3NativeClientConfiguration(Builder builder) {
                              .withCipherPreference(TlsCipherPreference.TLS_CIPHER_SYSTEM_DEFAULT);
 
         if (builder.httpConfiguration != null
-            && builder.httpConfiguration.trustAllCertificatesEnabled() != null) {
+            && Boolean.TRUE.equals(builder.httpConfiguration.trustAllCertificatesEnabled())) {
             log.warn(() -> "SSL Certificate verification is disabled. "
                            + "This is not a safe setting and should only be used for testing.");
             clientTlsContextOptions.withVerifyPeer(!builder.httpConfiguration.trustAllCertificatesEnabled());