diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/redis.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/redis.js
index 8f6e86fe3d719e79b105fd5afba1c3b68da65c14..92343c905c2fa2496ee433eceaffbf173721d0b2 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/redis.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/redis.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class RedisPubSub {
     const redisConf = Meteor.settings.private.redis;
     const { password, port } = redisConf;
 
-    if (password !== null) {
+    if (!!password) {
       this.pub = Redis.createClient({ host, port, password });
       this.sub = Redis.createClient({ host, port, password });
       this.pub.auth(password);