diff --git a/__tests__/buildx/inputs.test.ts b/__tests__/buildx/inputs.test.ts
index fee9b03..bdc902d 100644
--- a/__tests__/buildx/inputs.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/buildx/inputs.test.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ describe('hasDockerExporter', () => {
     [['type=docker', 'type=tar,dest=/tmp/image.tar'], true, undefined],
     [['"type=tar","dest=/tmp/image.tar"'], false, undefined],
     [['" type= local" , dest=./release-out'], false, undefined],
+    [['type=docker'], true, false],
+    [['type=docker'], true, true],
     [['.'], true, true],
   ])('given %p returns %p', async (exporters: Array<string>, expected: boolean, load: boolean | undefined) => {
     expect(Inputs.hasDockerExporter(exporters, load)).toEqual(expected);
diff --git a/src/buildx/inputs.ts b/src/buildx/inputs.ts
index c6b3d34..490b1c3 100644
--- a/src/buildx/inputs.ts
+++ b/src/buildx/inputs.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class Inputs {
   }
 
   public static hasDockerExporter(exporters: string[], load?: boolean): boolean {
-    return load ?? Inputs.hasExporterType('docker', exporters);
+    return load || Inputs.hasExporterType('docker', exporters);
   }
 
   public static hasExporterType(name: string, exporters: string[]): boolean {