diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/server/EurekaServerAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/server/EurekaServerAutoConfiguration.java
index 64e1c17f49..cd512117cc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/server/EurekaServerAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/server/EurekaServerAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ protected static class EurekaServerConfigBeanConfiguration {
 		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 		public EurekaServerConfig eurekaServerConfig(EurekaClientConfig clientConfig) {
 			EurekaServerConfigBean server = new EurekaServerConfigBean();
-			if (clientConfig.shouldRegisterWithEureka()) {
+			if (clientConfig.shouldFetchRegistry()) {
 				// Set a sensible default if we are supposed to replicate
 				server.setRegistrySyncRetries(5);
 			}