diff --git a/resources/services/s3/buckets.go b/resources/services/s3/buckets.go
index 51d9c5d47..92bae0cd9 100644
--- a/resources/services/s3/buckets.go
+++ b/resources/services/s3/buckets.go
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func resolveS3BucketsAttributes(ctx context.Context, meta schema.ClientMeta, res
 
 	output, err := mgr.GetBucketRegion(ctx, *resource.Name)
 	if err != nil {
-		if c.IsNotFoundError(err) {
+		if isBucketNotFoundError(c, err) {
 			return nil
 		}
 		return diag.WrapError(err)