diff --git a/.changelog/6de4cab7037841c59f91b3db81edee9c.json b/.changelog/6de4cab7037841c59f91b3db81edee9c.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f17f708ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/6de4cab7037841c59f91b3db81edee9c.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "id": "6de4cab7-0378-41c5-9f91-b3db81edee9c",
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "description": "removed incorrect condition preventing setting retryMaxAttempts via functional options",
+    "modules": [
+        "codegen"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AddAwsConfigFields.java b/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AddAwsConfigFields.java
index 493c1d62857..025722e396f 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AddAwsConfigFields.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AddAwsConfigFields.java
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ private void writeRetryMaxAttemptsFinalizeResolver(GoWriter writer) {
 
         writer.write("""
                 func $finalizeResolveName:L(o *Options, client Client) {
-                    if v := o.RetryMaxAttempts; v == 0 || v == client.options.RetryMaxAttempts {
+                    if v := o.RetryMaxAttempts; v == 0 {
                         return
                     }