diff --git a/src/sagemaker/utils.py b/src/sagemaker/utils.py
index 0436c0afea..cab9647399 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/utils.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/utils.py
@@ -384,8 +384,7 @@ def download_folder(bucket_name, prefix, target, sagemaker_session):
         sagemaker_session (sagemaker.session.Session): a sagemaker session to
             interact with S3.
     """
-    boto_session = sagemaker_session.boto_session
-    s3 = boto_session.resource("s3", region_name=boto_session.region_name)
+    s3 = sagemaker_session.s3_resource
 
     prefix = prefix.lstrip("/")