diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/OpenAPIDeserializer.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/OpenAPIDeserializer.java
index 5a3aa12875..a5bcd11188 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/OpenAPIDeserializer.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/OpenAPIDeserializer.java
@@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ public Header getHeader(ObjectNode headerNode, String location, ParseResult resu
                 header.setStyle(Header.StyleEnum.SIMPLE);
             }
         } else {
-            if (value.equals(Header.StyleEnum.SIMPLE.toString())) {
+            if (style.equals(Header.StyleEnum.SIMPLE.toString())) {
                 header.setStyle(Header.StyleEnum.SIMPLE);
             } else {
                 result.invalidType(location, "style", "simple", headerNode);