diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
index 6798f26b0f2..cfcfafd5661 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def create_bucket(module, s3, bucket, location=None):
             s3.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket, CreateBucketConfiguration=configuration)
         else:
             s3.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
-        if module.params.get('permission') and not module.params.get('ignore_nonexistent_bucket'):
+        if module.params.get('permission'):
             # Wait for the bucket to exist before setting ACLs
             s3.get_waiter('bucket_exists').wait(Bucket=bucket)
         for acl in module.params.get('permission'):