diff --git a/ssl/d1_both.c b/ssl/d1_both.c
index ee945cbd3a9d70dc71d9ac78ed92c01acb8324ab..262299b1541208fa872774250cf2d58d480a8da3 100644
--- a/ssl/d1_both.c
+++ b/ssl/d1_both.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ dtls1_buffer_message(SSL *s, int is_ccs)
 	if ( is_ccs)
 		{
 		OPENSSL_assert(s->d1->w_msg_hdr.msg_len + 
-			       ((s->version==DTLS1_VERSION)?DTLS1_CCS_HEADER_LENGTH:3) == (unsigned int)s->init_num);
+			       DTLS1_CCS_HEADER_LENGTH == (unsigned int)s->init_num);
 		}
 	else
 		{