diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
index 77d34a2..fc35792 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
 
     private <T, C extends Collection<T>> C ensureListConsistent(C cloudFiles, String bucket,
             Function<T, String> pathExtractor) {
-        if (config.isStorageListEventuallyConsistent()) {
+        if (!config.isStorageListEventuallyConsistent()) {
             return cloudFiles;
         }
         Iterator<T> iterator = cloudFiles.iterator();