diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/OpenFileSupport.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/OpenFileSupport.java
index 4703d63567245..d62519be2d2fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/OpenFileSupport.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/OpenFileSupport.java
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public OpenFileInformation prepareToOpenFile(
         .withSql(sql)
         .withAsyncDrainThreshold(
             builderSupport.getPositiveLong(ASYNC_DRAIN_THRESHOLD,
-                defaultReadAhead))
+                defaultAsyncDrainThreshold))
         .withBufferSize(
             (int)builderSupport.getPositiveLong(
                 FS_OPTION_OPENFILE_BUFFER_SIZE, defaultBufferSize))