diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp
index e1f1a0f801..e89c46bce7 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace AZ::Debug
             }
             for (size_t i = tracerPidOffset + tracerPidString.length(); i < numRead; ++i)
             {
-                if (!::isspace(processStatusView[i]))
+                if (processStatusView[i] != ' ')
                 {
                     return processStatusView[i] != '0';
                 }