diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/LfsStore.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/LfsStore.java
index c4d95481f..c6c58c993 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/LfsStore.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/LfsStore.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class LfsStore extends TextBuiltin {
 		case S3:
 			readAWSKeys();
 			checkOptions();
-			S3Config config = new S3Config(region.toString(), bucket,
+			S3Config config = new S3Config(region, bucket,
 					storageClass.toString(), accessKey, secretKey,
 					expirationSeconds, disableSslVerify);
 			repository = new S3Repository(config);