diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/servercfg/yaml_config.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/servercfg/yaml_config.go
index 8b9c2b63b7..5497a9e301 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/servercfg/yaml_config.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/servercfg/yaml_config.go
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ func (cfg YAMLConfig) MetricsPort() int {
 }
 
 func (cfg YAMLConfig) MetricsTLSCert() string {
-	if cfg.MetricsConfig.TlsCa == nil {
+	if cfg.MetricsConfig.TlsCert == nil {
 		return ""
 	}