diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index d8e8b320023d..4cc924c427f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Remove deprecated fields in coredns module. {pull}28196[28196]
 - Remove old `httpjson` config implementation. {pull}28054[28054]
 - Added dataset `threatq` to the `threatintel` module to ingest indicators from ThreatQ {issue}27423[27423]
+- Fail to start Filebat if none between `queue_url`, `bucket_arn` or `non_aws_bucket_name` is set for a configured aws-s3 input {issue}13911[13911] {pull}28666[28666]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config.go
index d1d4989ead80..5b8308d1771e 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/cfgtype"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/match"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/reader/parser"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/reader/readfile"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/reader/readfile/encoding"
@@ -65,8 +64,7 @@ func (c *config) Validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(enabled) == 0 {
-		logp.NewLogger(inputName).Warnf("neither queue_url, bucket_arn, non_aws_bucket_name were provided, input %s will stop", inputName)
-		return nil
+		return errors.New("neither queue_url, bucket_arn nor non_aws_bucket_name were provided")
 	} else if len(enabled) > 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("queue_url <%v>, bucket_arn <%v>, non_aws_bucket_name <%v> "+
 			"cannot be set at the same time", c.QueueURL, c.BucketARN, c.NonAWSBucketName)
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config_test.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config_test.go
index e7ece7a62693..189ce447ff85 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/awss3/config_test.go
@@ -113,18 +113,17 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			"error on no queueURL and s3Bucket",
+			"error on no queueURL and s3Bucket and nonAWSS3Bucket",
 			"",
 			"",
 			"",
 			common.MapStr{
-				"queue_url":  "",
-				"bucket_arn": "",
-			},
-			"",
-			func(queueURL, s3Bucket string, nonAWSS3Bucket string) config {
-				return makeConfig("", "", "")
+				"queue_url":           "",
+				"bucket_arn":          "",
+				"non_aws_bucket_name": "",
 			},
+			"neither queue_url, bucket_arn nor non_aws_bucket_name were provided",
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"error on both queueURL and s3Bucket",