diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c58175825c..6ce2f3f2991 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 ### Improvements
 
+- Bug fix in aws_iam_authorization to utilize correct secret from env key name ([PR #1332](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1332))
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/aws_iam_authorization.go b/pkg/scalers/aws_iam_authorization.go
index bdd33d830d7..e542ad01cad 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/aws_iam_authorization.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/aws_iam_authorization.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func getAwsAuthorization(authParams, metadata, resolvedEnv map[string]string) (a
 			if metadata["awsAccessKeyID"] != "" {
 				meta.awsAccessKeyID = metadata["awsAccessKeyID"]
 			} else if metadata["awsAccessKeyIDFromEnv"] != "" {
-				meta.awsAccessKeyID = resolvedEnv[metadata["awsAccessKeyID"]]
+				meta.awsAccessKeyID = resolvedEnv[metadata["awsAccessKeyIDFromEnv"]]
 			}
 
 			if len(meta.awsAccessKeyID) == 0 {