diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/saveParticipants/saveParticipants.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/saveParticipants/saveParticipants.ts
index dc42987bbce..2934e031ddb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/saveParticipants/saveParticipants.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/saveParticipants/saveParticipants.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class TrimFinalNewLinesParticipant implements IStoredFileWorkingCopySaveParticip
 	) { }
 
 	async participate(workingCopy: IStoredFileWorkingCopy<IStoredFileWorkingCopyModel>, context: { reason: SaveReason }, progress: IProgress<IProgressStep>, _token: CancellationToken): Promise<void> {
-		if (this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>('files.trimTrailingWhitespace')) {
+		if (this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>('files.trimFinalNewlines')) {
 			this.doTrimFinalNewLines(workingCopy, context.reason === SaveReason.AUTO, progress);
 		}
 	}