diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/aws/setup-nested-management-cluster/hypershift-aws-setup-nested-management-cluster-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/aws/setup-nested-management-cluster/hypershift-aws-setup-nested-management-cluster-chain.yaml
index 2865e18c164a6..0bdc2670e7478 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/aws/setup-nested-management-cluster/hypershift-aws-setup-nested-management-cluster-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/aws/setup-nested-management-cluster/hypershift-aws-setup-nested-management-cluster-chain.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ chain:
       documentation: "Whether to use the generic CI account or the HyperShift OSD account for the guest clusters infra. For the infra created for the clusters. E.g. For cluster-bot we use the generic CI account"
     commands: |-
       AWS_GUEST_INFRA_CREDENTIALS_FILE="/etc/hypershift-ci-jobs-awscreds/credentials"
-      if [[ "HYPERSHIFT_GUEST_INFRA_OCP_ACCOUNT" == "true" ]]; then
+      if [[ $HYPERSHIFT_GUEST_INFRA_OCP_ACCOUNT == "true" ]]; then
         AWS_GUEST_INFRA_CREDENTIALS_FILE="${CLUSTER_PROFILE_DIR}/.awscred"
       fi