diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
index 5758628f48..1e364a11fe 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ PyIceberg uses [S3FileSystem](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pya
 | s3.access-key-id     | admin                      | Configure the static access key id used to access the FileIO.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | s3.secret-access-key | password                   | Configure the static secret access key used to access the FileIO.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | s3.session-token     | AQoDYXdzEJr...             | Configure the static session token used to access the FileIO.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| s3.force-virtual-addressing   | True                       | Whether to use virtual addressing of buckets. This must be set to True as OSS can only be accessed with virtual hosted style address.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| s3.force-virtual-addressing   | True                       | Whether to use virtual addressing of buckets. This is set to `True` by default as OSS can only be accessed with virtual hosted style address.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
 
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diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index 99223f1253..88ef70ee9f 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ def _initialize_oss_fs(self) -> FileSystem:
             "secret_key": get_first_property_value(self.properties, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),
             "session_token": get_first_property_value(self.properties, S3_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN),
             "region": get_first_property_value(self.properties, S3_REGION, AWS_REGION),
+            "force_virtual_addressing": property_as_bool(self.properties, S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING, True),
         }
 
         if proxy_uri := self.properties.get(S3_PROXY_URI):
@@ -426,9 +427,6 @@ def _initialize_oss_fs(self) -> FileSystem:
         if session_name := get_first_property_value(self.properties, S3_ROLE_SESSION_NAME, AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME):
             client_kwargs["session_name"] = session_name
 
-        if force_virtual_addressing := self.properties.get(S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING):
-            client_kwargs["force_virtual_addressing"] = property_as_bool(self.properties, force_virtual_addressing, False)
-
         return S3FileSystem(**client_kwargs)
 
     def _initialize_s3_fs(self, netloc: Optional[str]) -> FileSystem:
@@ -472,8 +470,8 @@ def _initialize_s3_fs(self, netloc: Optional[str]) -> FileSystem:
         if session_name := get_first_property_value(self.properties, S3_ROLE_SESSION_NAME, AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME):
             client_kwargs["session_name"] = session_name
 
-        if force_virtual_addressing := self.properties.get(S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING):
-            client_kwargs["force_virtual_addressing"] = property_as_bool(self.properties, force_virtual_addressing, False)
+        if self.properties.get(S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING) is not None:
+            client_kwargs["force_virtual_addressing"] = property_as_bool(self.properties, S3_FORCE_VIRTUAL_ADDRESSING, False)
 
         return S3FileSystem(**client_kwargs)