diff --git a/ee/app/services/ee/issuable_base_service.rb b/ee/app/services/ee/issuable_base_service.rb
index 97cff009c62356191ece4b3af4701c0831b5af56..6d760cc42682afd1a0de656258a3be4e53bde9a0 100644
--- a/ee/app/services/ee/issuable_base_service.rb
+++ b/ee/app/services/ee/issuable_base_service.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def allowed_update_params(params)
 
     override :execute_triggers
     def execute_triggers
-      execute_amazon_q_trigger if amazon_q_params.is_a?(Hash)
+      execute_amazon_q_trigger if amazon_q_params
     end
 
     def execute_amazon_q_trigger
diff --git a/ee/spec/services/ee/issues/create_service_spec.rb b/ee/spec/services/ee/issues/create_service_spec.rb
index 40245d35f541a26d2f61229c928641b91d400321..7cf8896daa7534489319e29e667ee7053965edf4 100644
--- a/ee/spec/services/ee/issues/create_service_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/services/ee/issues/create_service_spec.rb
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'with Amazon Q enabled' do
-    let(:params) { { title: 'Write hello world', description: '/q dev' } }
+    let(:params) { ActionController::Parameters.new(title: 'Write hello world', description: '/q dev').permit(:title, :description) }
 
     before do
       allow(::Ai::AmazonQ).to receive(:enabled?).and_return(true)