diff --git a/activestorage/lib/active_storage/service/gcs_service.rb b/activestorage/lib/active_storage/service/gcs_service.rb
index 9c20ed1d10..09abc613f3 100644
--- a/activestorage/lib/active_storage/service/gcs_service.rb
+++ b/activestorage/lib/active_storage/service/gcs_service.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ module ActiveStorage
       end
 
       def bucket
-        @bucket ||= client.bucket(config.fetch(:bucket))
+        @bucket ||= client.bucket(config.fetch(:bucket), skip_lookup: true)
       end
 
       def client