diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b19f08b6776..8dde4f28e3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 - MySQL Scaler: don't expose connection string in `metricName` ([#2171](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2171))
 - Provide support for configuring authentication through TriggerAuthentication for Stan scaler ([#2167](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2167))
 - Add `pageSize` (using regex) in RabbitMQ Scaler ([#2162](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2162)|[#2319](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2319))
-- Add `unsafeSsl` parameter in InfluxDB scaler ([#2157](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2157))
+- Add `unsafeSsl` parameter in InfluxDB scaler ([#2157](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2157))|[#2320](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2320)
 - Improve metric name creation to be unique using scaler index inside the scaler ([#2161](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2161))
 - Improve error message if `IdleReplicaCount` are equal to `MinReplicaCount` to be the same as the check ([#2212](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2212))
 - Improve Cloudwatch Scaler metric exporting logic ([#2243](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2243))
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go
index 7da547fa3ba..bb7d20fa54d 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go
@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ func NewInfluxDBScaler(config *ScalerConfig) (Scaler, error) {
 	}
 
 	influxDBLog.Info("starting up influxdb client")
-	// In case unsafeSsl is enabled.
-	if meta.unsafeSsl {
-		return &influxDBScaler{
-			client:   influxdb2.NewClientWithOptions(meta.serverURL, meta.authToken, influxdb2.DefaultOptions().SetTLSConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true})),
-			metadata: meta,
-		}, nil
-	}
+	client := influxdb2.NewClientWithOptions(
+		meta.serverURL,
+		meta.authToken,
+		influxdb2.DefaultOptions().SetTLSConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: meta.unsafeSsl}))
+
 	return &influxDBScaler{
-		client:   influxdb2.NewClient(meta.serverURL, meta.authToken),
+		client:   client,
 		metadata: meta,
 	}, nil
 }