diff --git a/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag.go b/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag.go
index 0b63eb7d1ab..c8f9c28b2f4 100644
--- a/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag.go
+++ b/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (t *tag) parseJSONTag(structTag reflect.StructTag) {
 }
 
 func (t *tag) parseTagStr(tagStr string) {
-	parts := strings.SplitN(tagStr, ",", 2)
+	parts := strings.Split(tagStr, ",")
 	if len(parts) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag_test.go b/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag_test.go
index 09701036fec..0524c3d0334 100644
--- a/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag_test.go
+++ b/service/dynamodb/dynamodbattribute/tag_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ func TestTagParse(t *testing.T) {
 		{`dynamodbav:",binaryset"`, false, true, tag{AsBinSet: true}},
 		{`dynamodbav:",numberset"`, false, true, tag{AsNumSet: true}},
 		{`dynamodbav:",stringset"`, false, true, tag{AsStrSet: true}},
+		{`dynamodbav:",stringset,omitemptyelem"`, false, true, tag{AsStrSet: true,OmitEmptyElem:true}},
+		{`dynamodbav:"name,stringset,omitemptyelem"`, false, true, tag{Name: "name",AsStrSet: true,OmitEmptyElem: true}},
 	}
 
 	for i, c := range cases {