diff --git a/ssl/t1_lib.c b/ssl/t1_lib.c
index 2ee2f45e1..2b90d471e 100644
--- a/ssl/t1_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/t1_lib.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ int ssl_prepare_clienthello_tlsext(SSL *s)
 			break;
 			}
 		}
-	using_ecc = using_ecc && (s->version == TLS1_VERSION);
+	using_ecc = using_ecc && (s->version >= TLS1_VERSION);
 	if (using_ecc)
 		{
 		if (s->tlsext_ecpointformatlist != NULL) OPENSSL_free(s->tlsext_ecpointformatlist);