diff --git a/internal/services/object/helpers_object.go b/internal/services/object/helpers_object.go
index aacc3dcee..9c8db738d 100644
--- a/internal/services/object/helpers_object.go
+++ b/internal/services/object/helpers_object.go
@@ -259,7 +259,13 @@ func IsS3Err(err error, code string, message string) bool {
 
 func flattenObjectBucketVersioning(versioningResponse *s3.GetBucketVersioningOutput) []map[string]any {
 	vcl := []map[string]any{{}}
-	vcl[0]["enabled"] = versioningResponse.Status == s3Types.BucketVersioningStatusEnabled
+	if versioningResponse != nil {
+		vcl[0]["enabled"] = versioningResponse.Status == s3Types.BucketVersioningStatusEnabled
+
+		return vcl
+	}
+
+	vcl[0]["enabled"] = false
 
 	return vcl
 }