diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/geofence-collection.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/geofence-collection.ts
index e199e5b841baf..10931a6389485 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/geofence-collection.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/geofence-collection.ts
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ export class GeofenceCollection extends GeofenceCollectionBase {
 
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: GeofenceCollectionProps = {}) {
 
-    if (props.description !== undefined && !Token.isUnresolved(props.description) && props.description.length < 0 && props.description.length > 1000) {
-      throw new Error(`\`description\` must be between 0 and 1000 characters. Received: ${props.description.length} characters` );
+    if (props.description !== undefined && !Token.isUnresolved(props.description) && props.description.length > 1000) {
+      throw new Error(`\`description\` must be between 0 and 1000 characters. Received: ${props.description.length} characters`);
     }
 
     if (props.geofenceCollectionName && !Token.isUnresolved(props.geofenceCollectionName) && !/^[-.\w]{1,100}$/.test(props.geofenceCollectionName)) {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/geofence-collection.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/geofence-collection.test.ts
index ba3ac13072206..5ff30c63a940b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/geofence-collection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/geofence-collection.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   stack = new Stack();
 });
 
-test('create a geofence collecction', () => {
+test('create a geofence collection', () => {
   new GeofenceCollection(stack, 'GeofenceCollection', { description: 'test' });
 
   Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::Location::GeofenceCollection', {
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ test('create a geofence collecction', () => {
   });
 });
 
+test('creates geofence collection with empty description', () => {
+  new GeofenceCollection(stack, 'GeofenceCollection', { description: '' });
+
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::Location::GeofenceCollection', {
+    Description: '',
+  });
+});
+
 test('throws with invalid description', () => {
   expect(() => new GeofenceCollection(stack, 'GeofenceCollection', {
     description: 'a'.repeat(1001),