diff --git a/libraries/object-persistor/src/S3Persistor.js b/libraries/object-persistor/src/S3Persistor.js
index de88f497bb..ec26ce0823 100644
--- a/libraries/object-persistor/src/S3Persistor.js
+++ b/libraries/object-persistor/src/S3Persistor.js
@@ -631,10 +631,14 @@ class S3Persistor extends AbstractPersistor {
 
     // maxRetries has been moved to maxAttempts in aws-sdk v3,
     // we're keeping the existing setting for backwards compatibility
-    if (!noRetries && this.settings.maxRetries) {
+    if (this.settings.maxRetries) {
       options.maxAttempts = this.settings.maxRetries + 1
     }
 
+    if (noRetries) {
+      options.maxAttempts = 1
+    }
+
     const requestHandlerParams = this.settings.httpOptions || {}
 
     if (sslEnabled && this.settings.ca) {
diff --git a/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3ClientMock.js b/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3ClientMock.js
index 25529da396..b7ed048622 100644
--- a/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3ClientMock.js
+++ b/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3ClientMock.js
@@ -108,5 +108,11 @@ module.exports = function () {
         this.payload = payload
       }
     },
+    PutObjectCommand: class PutObjectCommand {
+      constructor(payload) {
+        this.name = 'PutObjectCommand'
+        this.payload = payload
+      }
+    },
   }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3PersistorTests.js b/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3PersistorTests.js
index ed4d097e54..3255eb6435 100644
--- a/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3PersistorTests.js
+++ b/libraries/object-persistor/test/unit/S3PersistorTests.js
@@ -594,10 +594,24 @@ describe('S3PersistorTests', function () {
           partSize: 100 * 1024 * 1024,
         })
       })
+    })
+
+    describe('when multipart upload is disabled', function () {
+      const contentType = 'text/csv'
+      const contentEncoding = 'gzip'
+
+      beforeEach(async function () {
+        S3.mockSend(S3.PutObjectCommand, {})
+        settings.disableMultiPartUpload = true
+        await S3Persistor.sendStream(bucket, key, ReadStream, {
+          contentType,
+          contentEncoding,
+        })
+      })
 
       it('configures the options to not to retry requests', function () {
-        expect(S3.S3Client).not.to.have.been.calledWithMatch({
-          maxAttempts: sinon.match.number,
+        expect(S3.S3Client).to.have.been.calledWithMatch({
+          maxAttempts: 1,
         })
       })
     })