diff --git a/axiom/connectors/hive/LocalHiveConnectorMetadata.cpp b/axiom/connectors/hive/LocalHiveConnectorMetadata.cpp
index 6fe78a563..8d76db110 100644
--- a/axiom/connectors/hive/LocalHiveConnectorMetadata.cpp
+++ b/axiom/connectors/hive/LocalHiveConnectorMetadata.cpp
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ CreateTableOptions parseCreateTableOptions(
     }
   } else {
     VELOX_USER_CHECK(
-        options.find(HiveWriteOptions::kSortedBy) == options.end(),
+        !options.contains(HiveWriteOptions::kSortedBy),
         "sorted_by requires bucketed_by");
   }