diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfigurator.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfigurator.java
index 3dbd30a8..e239f967 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfigurator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/config/KinesisClientLibConfigurator.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfigurator {
         // Decode the CloudWatch credentials provider if it exists.  If not use the Kinesis credentials provider.
         AWSCredentialsProvider providerCloudWatch;
         String propCredentialsProviderCloudWatchValue = properties.getProperty(PROP_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER_CLOUDWATCH);
-        if (propCredentialsProviderDynamoDBValue == null) {
+        if (propCredentialsProviderCloudWatchValue == null) {
             providerCloudWatch = provider;
         } else {
             providerCloudWatch = awsCPPropGetter.decodeValue(propCredentialsProviderCloudWatchValue);