diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1115-s3_object-scaleway.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1115-s3_object-scaleway.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da51448137e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1115-s3_object-scaleway.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- s3_object - be more defensive when checking the results of ``s3.get_bucket_ownership_controls`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1115).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_object.py b/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
index 4bf8c2c9380..54f267c9cde 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
@@ -1083,9 +1083,11 @@ def main():
     exists = bucket_check(module, s3, bucket)
     if exists:
         try:
-            object_ownership = s3.get_bucket_ownership_controls(Bucket=bucket)['OwnershipControls']['Rules'][0]['ObjectOwnership']
-            if object_ownership == 'BucketOwnerEnforced':
-                acl_disabled = True
+            ownership_controls = s3.get_bucket_ownership_controls(Bucket=bucket)['OwnershipControls']
+            if ownership_controls.get('Rules'):
+                object_ownership = ownership_controls['Rules'][0]['ObjectOwnership']
+                if object_ownership == 'BucketOwnerEnforced':
+                    acl_disabled = True
         # if bucket ownership controls are not found
         except botocore.exceptions.ClientError:
             pass