diff --git a/backend/lucene/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/backend/lucene/lowlevel/writer/impl/IndexWriterSettings.java b/backend/lucene/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/backend/lucene/lowlevel/writer/impl/IndexWriterSettings.java
index c4b097f1976..9382e62a463 100644
--- a/backend/lucene/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/backend/lucene/lowlevel/writer/impl/IndexWriterSettings.java
+++ b/backend/lucene/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/backend/lucene/lowlevel/writer/impl/IndexWriterSettings.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public static List<IndexWriterSettingValue<?>> extractAll(ConfigurationPropertyS
 		registerIntegerWriterSetting( IO_WRITER_MAX_BUFFERED_DOCS, IndexWriterConfig::setMaxBufferedDocs );
 		registerIntegerWriterSetting( IO_WRITER_RAM_BUFFER_SIZE, IndexWriterConfig::setRAMBufferSizeMB );
 
-		registerSetting( Extractor.fromBoolean( IO_WRITER_INFOSTREAM, enabled -> enabled ? new LoggerInfoStream() : null,
+		registerSetting( Extractor.fromBoolean( IO_WRITER_INFOSTREAM,
+				enabled -> Boolean.TRUE.equals( enabled ) ? new LoggerInfoStream() : null,
 				IndexWriterConfig::setInfoStream, (logByteSizeMergePolicy, integer) -> { } ) );
 
 		registerIntegerMergePolicySetting( IO_MERGE_MAX_DOCS, LogByteSizeMergePolicy::setMaxMergeDocs );