diff --git a/src/object_store/src/object/s3.rs b/src/object_store/src/object/s3.rs
index 81aa44c1f8db8..caf2b6fe1a318 100644
--- a/src/object_store/src/object/s3.rs
+++ b/src/object_store/src/object/s3.rs
@@ -1013,8 +1013,8 @@ impl Stream for S3ObjectIter {
             .list_objects_v2()
             .bucket(&self.bucket)
             .prefix(&self.prefix);
-        if cfg!(not(madsim)) {
-            if let Some(start_after) = self.start_after.as_ref() {
+        if let Some(start_after) = self.start_after.as_ref() {
+            if cfg!(not(madsim)) {
                 request = request.start_after(start_after);
             }
         }