diff --git a/src/nix/config-check.cc b/src/nix/config-check.cc
index 661e1377b..f7c4cebec 100644
--- a/src/nix/config-check.cc
+++ b/src/nix/config-check.cc
@@ -145,9 +145,14 @@ struct CmdConfigCheck : StoreCommand
 
     void checkTrustedUser(ref<Store> store)
     {
-        auto trustedMay = store->isTrustedClient();
-        std::string_view trustedness = trustedMay ? (*trustedMay ? "trusted" : "not trusted") : "unknown trust";
-        checkInfo(fmt("You are %s by store uri: %s", trustedness, store->getUri()));
+        if (auto trustedMay = store->isTrustedClient()) {
+            std::string_view trusted = trustedMay.value()
+                ? "trusted"
+                : "not trusted";
+            checkInfo(fmt("You are %s by store uri: %s", trusted, store->getUri()));
+        } else {
+            checkInfo(fmt("Store uri: %s doesn't have a notion of trusted user", store->getUri()));
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/legacy-ssh-store.sh b/tests/functional/legacy-ssh-store.sh
index 79c3fba82..56b4c2d20 100644
--- a/tests/functional/legacy-ssh-store.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/legacy-ssh-store.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ store_uri="ssh://localhost?remote-store=$TEST_ROOT/other-store"
 nix --store "$store_uri" store info --json | jq -e 'has("trusted") | not'
 
 # Suppress grumpiness about multiple nixes on PATH
-(nix --store "$store_uri" doctor || true) 2>&1 | grep 'You are unknown trust'
+(nix --store "$store_uri" doctor || true) 2>&1 | grep "doesn't have a notion of trusted user"