diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1538-s3-null.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1538-s3-null.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c2ccfa6bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1538-s3-null.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- s3_bucket - fixes issue when deleting a bucket with unversioned objects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1533).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
index c0a78e39a63..d242acc8399 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ def destroy_bucket(s3_client, module):
                     # unversioned objects are deleted using `DeleteObject`
                     # rather than `DeleteObjectVersion`, improving backwards
                     # compatibility with older IAM policies.
-                    if not fk.get("VersionId"):
+                    if not fk.get("VersionId") or fk.get("VersionId") == "null":
                         fk.pop("VersionId")
 
                 if formatted_keys: