diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettings.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettings.java
index 183be65ffc2..4993d66c950 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettings.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettings.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ final class S3ClientSettings {
             getRepoSettingOrDefault(READ_TIMEOUT_SETTING, normalizedSettings, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(readTimeoutMillis)).millis());
         final int newMaxRetries = getRepoSettingOrDefault(MAX_RETRIES_SETTING, normalizedSettings, maxRetries);
         final boolean newThrottleRetries = getRepoSettingOrDefault(USE_THROTTLE_RETRIES_SETTING, normalizedSettings, throttleRetries);
-        final boolean usePathStyleAccess = getRepoSettingOrDefault(USE_PATH_STYLE_ACCESS, normalizedSettings, pathStyleAccess);
+        final boolean newPathStyleAccess = getRepoSettingOrDefault(USE_PATH_STYLE_ACCESS, normalizedSettings, pathStyleAccess);
         final boolean newDisableChunkedEncoding = getRepoSettingOrDefault(
             DISABLE_CHUNKED_ENCODING, normalizedSettings, disableChunkedEncoding);
         final S3BasicCredentials newCredentials;
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ final class S3ClientSettings {
         if (Objects.equals(endpoint, newEndpoint) && protocol == newProtocol && Objects.equals(proxyHost, newProxyHost)
             && proxyPort == newProxyPort && newReadTimeoutMillis == readTimeoutMillis && maxRetries == newMaxRetries
             && newThrottleRetries == throttleRetries && Objects.equals(credentials, newCredentials)
+            && newPathStyleAccess == pathStyleAccess
             && newDisableChunkedEncoding == disableChunkedEncoding
             && Objects.equals(region, newRegion) && Objects.equals(signerOverride, newSignerOverride)) {
             return this;
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ final class S3ClientSettings {
             newReadTimeoutMillis,
             newMaxRetries,
             newThrottleRetries,
-            usePathStyleAccess,
+            newPathStyleAccess,
             newDisableChunkedEncoding,
             newRegion,
             newSignerOverride
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java
index 3c44b81ef6f..8727ca21693 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3ClientSettingsTests.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class S3ClientSettingsTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         {
             final S3ClientSettings refinedSettings = baseSettings.refine(new RepositoryMetadata("name", "type", Settings.EMPTY));
-            assertTrue(refinedSettings == baseSettings);
+            assertSame(refinedSettings, baseSettings);
         }
 
         {
@@ -144,6 +144,16 @@ public class S3ClientSettingsTests extends ESTestCase {
             assertThat(credentials.getAWSSecretKey(), is("secret_key"));
             assertThat(credentials.getSessionToken(), is("session_token"));
         }
+
+        {
+            final S3ClientSettings refinedSettings = baseSettings.refine(new RepositoryMetadata("name", "type",
+                    Settings.builder().put("path_style_access", true).build()));
+            assertThat(refinedSettings.pathStyleAccess, is(true));
+            S3BasicSessionCredentials credentials = (S3BasicSessionCredentials) refinedSettings.credentials;
+            assertThat(credentials.getAWSAccessKeyId(), is("access_key"));
+            assertThat(credentials.getAWSSecretKey(), is("secret_key"));
+            assertThat(credentials.getSessionToken(), is("session_token"));
+        }
     }
 
     public void testPathStyleAccessCanBeSet() {