diff --git a/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.bicep b/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.bicep
index b8b321d82c..8e491ac177 100644
--- a/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.bicep
+++ b/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.bicep
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ resource storageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2023-05-01' = {
         }
       : null
     supportsHttpsTrafficOnly: supportsHttpsTrafficOnly
-    isHnsEnabled: enableHierarchicalNamespace ? enableHierarchicalNamespace : null
+    isHnsEnabled: enableHierarchicalNamespace
     isSftpEnabled: enableSftp
     isNfsV3Enabled: enableNfsV3 ? enableNfsV3 : any('')
     largeFileSharesState: (skuName == 'Standard_LRS') || (skuName == 'Standard_ZRS') ? largeFileSharesState : null
diff --git a/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.json b/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.json
index 3f89f10c57..b6d1cc5d74 100644
--- a/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.json
+++ b/avm/res/storage/storage-account/main.json
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@
         "accessTier": "[if(and(not(equals(parameters('kind'), 'Storage')), not(equals(parameters('kind'), 'BlockBlobStorage'))), parameters('accessTier'), null())]",
         "sasPolicy": "[if(not(empty(parameters('sasExpirationPeriod'))), createObject('expirationAction', 'Log', 'sasExpirationPeriod', parameters('sasExpirationPeriod')), null())]",
         "supportsHttpsTrafficOnly": "[parameters('supportsHttpsTrafficOnly')]",
-        "isHnsEnabled": "[if(parameters('enableHierarchicalNamespace'), parameters('enableHierarchicalNamespace'), null())]",
+        "isHnsEnabled": "[parameters('enableHierarchicalNamespace')]",
         "isSftpEnabled": "[parameters('enableSftp')]",
         "isNfsV3Enabled": "[if(parameters('enableNfsV3'), parameters('enableNfsV3'), '')]",
         "largeFileSharesState": "[if(or(equals(parameters('skuName'), 'Standard_LRS'), equals(parameters('skuName'), 'Standard_ZRS')), parameters('largeFileSharesState'), null())]",