diff --git a/cmd/ecr-credential-provider/main.go b/cmd/ecr-credential-provider/main.go
index d6b745e572..1e60298dd7 100644
--- a/cmd/ecr-credential-provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ecr-credential-provider/main.go
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ type ecrPlugin struct {
 func defaultECRProvider(region string) (*ecr.ECR, error) {
 	cfg := aws.Config{}
 	if region != "" {
-		klog.Warningf("No region found in the image reference, the default region will be used. Please refer to AWS SDK documentation for configuration purpose.")
 		cfg.Region = aws.String(region)
+	} else {
+ 		klog.Warningf("No region found in the image reference, the default region will be used. Please refer to AWS SDK documentation for configuration purpose.")
 	}
 	sess, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
 		Config:            cfg,