diff --git a/homeassistant/components/tts/amazon_polly.py b/homeassistant/components/tts/amazon_polly.py
index 9be882a4cb3..a75f71c3463 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/tts/amazon_polly.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/tts/amazon_polly.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class AmazonPollyProvider(Provider):
         """Request TTS file from Polly."""
         voice_id = options.get(CONF_VOICE, self.default_voice)
         voice_in_dict = self.all_voices.get(voice_id)
-        if language is not voice_in_dict.get('LanguageCode'):
+        if language != voice_in_dict.get('LanguageCode'):
             _LOGGER.error("%s does not support the %s language",
                           voice_id, language)
             return (None, None)