diff --git a/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c b/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c
index b68ae433d..9b7d68810 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int table_cmp(const void *a, const void *b);
  * certain software (e.g. Netscape) has problems with them.
  */
 
-static unsigned long global_mask = 0xFFFFFFFFL;
+static unsigned long global_mask = B_ASN1_UTF8STRING;
 
 void ASN1_STRING_set_default_mask(unsigned long mask)
 {