diff --git a/ssl/dtls1.h b/ssl/dtls1.h
index ff406d8ba6f73e41b92e0c622df7cfbdbb683fb1..542ae04627b59b8b7840fa776e9cfe2ad9059bbd 100644
--- a/ssl/dtls1.h
+++ b/ssl/dtls1.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ extern "C" {
 # define DTLS1_VERSION                   0xFEFF
 # define DTLS1_2_VERSION                 0xFEFD
 # define DTLS_MAX_VERSION                DTLS1_2_VERSION
+# define DTLS1_VERSION_MAJOR             0xFE
 
 # define DTLS1_BAD_VER                   0x0100
 
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_asn1.c b/ssl/ssl_asn1.c
index 63fe17f16e4bfb13696fb152cbcc176595b7bf44..dd02b4171a4c53f668cf946df3679e43710079ac 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_asn1.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_asn1.c
@@ -410,7 +410,9 @@ SSL_SESSION *d2i_SSL_SESSION(SSL_SESSION **a, const unsigned char **pp,
     os.data = NULL;
     os.length = 0;
     M_ASN1_D2I_get_x(ASN1_OCTET_STRING, osp, d2i_ASN1_OCTET_STRING);
-    if ((ssl_version >> 8) >= SSL3_VERSION_MAJOR) {
+    if ((ssl_version >> 8) == SSL3_VERSION_MAJOR
+        || (ssl_version >> 8) == DTLS1_VERSION_MAJOR
+        || ssl_version == DTLS1_BAD_VER) {
         if (os.length != 2) {
             c.error = SSL_R_CIPHER_CODE_WRONG_LENGTH;
             c.line = __LINE__;