--- contrib/python/moto/py3/moto/s3/responses.py (index) +++ contrib/python/moto/py3/moto/s3/responses.py (working tree) @@ -2000,7 +2000,8 @@ class S3Response(BaseResponse): tagging = self._tagging_from_headers(request.headers) storage_type = request.headers.get("x-amz-storage-class", "STANDARD") acl = self._acl_from_headers(request.headers) - + if acl is None: + acl = self.backend.get_bucket(bucket_name).acl multipart_id = self.backend.create_multipart_upload( bucket_name, key_name,