diff --git a/packages/broker/src/adapters/deepkit-adapter.ts b/packages/broker/src/adapters/deepkit-adapter.ts
index d76649e77..d73d2742e 100644
--- a/packages/broker/src/adapters/deepkit-adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/broker/src/adapters/deepkit-adapter.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class BrokerDeepkitPool {
     getConnection(key: string): BrokerDeepkitConnection {
         //key is used for consistent hashing
         if (this.options.servers.length === 1) {
-            if (!this.connections) this.createConnection(this.options.servers[0]);
+            if (!this.connections.length) this.createConnection(this.options.servers[0]);
             return this.connections[0].connection;
         }