diff --git a/api/handler/put.go b/api/handler/put.go
index 0f71e7eb..94cc0f35 100644
--- a/api/handler/put.go
+++ b/api/handler/put.go
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ func (h *handler) putBucketSettingsRetryer() aws.RetryerV2 {
 	return retry.NewStandard(func(options *retry.StandardOptions) {
 		options.MaxAttempts = h.cfg.RetryMaxAttempts()
 		options.MaxBackoff = h.cfg.RetryMaxBackoff()
-		if h.cfg.RetryStrategy() == RetryStrategyConstant {
+		if h.cfg.RetryStrategy() == RetryStrategyExponential {
 			options.Backoff = retry.NewExponentialJitterBackoff(options.MaxBackoff)
 		} else {
 			options.Backoff = retry.BackoffDelayerFunc(func(int, error) (time.Duration, error) {