diff --git a/ssl/s3_enc.c b/ssl/s3_enc.c
index f775f26b3dc4a448754440efeed7fbcfb238da2f..966d498e612288a61deb84bd87f21b4ea04b701b 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_enc.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_enc.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ int ssl3_change_cipher_state(SSL *s, int which)
         RECORD_LAYER_reset_read_sequence(&s->rlayer);
         mac_secret = &(s->s3->read_mac_secret[0]);
     } else {
+        s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 1;
         if (s->enc_write_ctx != NULL) {
             reuse_dd = 1;
         } else if ((s->enc_write_ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new()) == NULL) {
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ int ssl3_change_cipher_state(SSL *s, int which)
         goto err;
     }
 
+    s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 0;
     OPENSSL_cleanse(exp_key, sizeof(exp_key));
     OPENSSL_cleanse(exp_iv, sizeof(exp_iv));
     return 1;
diff --git a/ssl/statem/statem.c b/ssl/statem/statem.c
index a5748534878153d70f030f186865aa8a3d99c6d9..1f221e7542c2e3bb8d91e4a465e21ea7b180c1d0 100644
--- a/ssl/statem/statem.c
+++ b/ssl/statem/statem.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void ossl_statem_fatal(SSL *s, int al, int func, int reason, const char *file,
     s->statem.in_init = 1;
     s->statem.state = MSG_FLOW_ERROR;
     ERR_put_error(ERR_LIB_SSL, func, reason, file, line);
-    if (al != SSL_AD_NO_ALERT)
+    if (al != SSL_AD_NO_ALERT && !s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx)
         ssl3_send_alert(s, SSL3_AL_FATAL, al);
 }
 
diff --git a/ssl/statem/statem.h b/ssl/statem/statem.h
index 193571878ae8ab4e6be5e1f68eec4f6e11013f62..95dd881208406fbe1d0c74c15b6c777689ba6446 100644
--- a/ssl/statem/statem.h
+++ b/ssl/statem/statem.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct ossl_statem_st {
     /* Should we skip the CertificateVerify message? */
     unsigned int no_cert_verify;
     int use_timer;
+    int invalid_enc_write_ctx;
 };
 typedef struct ossl_statem_st OSSL_STATEM;
 
diff --git a/ssl/t1_enc.c b/ssl/t1_enc.c
index bd7ff50c2137a17fece6edd120abdb5abcb89c50..a138b606337387182f924a746a53968c4a54aa39 100644
--- a/ssl/t1_enc.c
+++ b/ssl/t1_enc.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ int tls1_change_cipher_state(SSL *s, int which)
         mac_secret = &(s->s3->read_mac_secret[0]);
         mac_secret_size = &(s->s3->read_mac_secret_size);
     } else {
+        s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 1;
         if (s->ext.use_etm)
             s->s3->flags |= TLS1_FLAGS_ENCRYPT_THEN_MAC_WRITE;
         else
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ int tls1_change_cipher_state(SSL *s, int which)
                  ERR_R_INTERNAL_ERROR);
         goto err;
     }
+    s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 0;
 
 #ifdef SSL_DEBUG
     printf("which = %04X\nkey=", which);
diff --git a/ssl/tls13_enc.c b/ssl/tls13_enc.c
index 08fbee59fa9eb1c124fe02e9ae5f781d2328d7c2..7f4395843a82fad7a47a091f899e7f672bd27d63 100644
--- a/ssl/tls13_enc.c
+++ b/ssl/tls13_enc.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ int tls13_change_cipher_state(SSL *s, int which)
 
         RECORD_LAYER_reset_read_sequence(&s->rlayer);
     } else {
+        s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 1;
         if (s->enc_write_ctx != NULL) {
             EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset(s->enc_write_ctx);
         } else {
@@ -609,6 +610,7 @@ int tls13_change_cipher_state(SSL *s, int which)
         goto err;
     }
 
+    s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 0;
     ret = 1;
  err:
     OPENSSL_cleanse(secret, sizeof(secret));
@@ -631,6 +633,7 @@ int tls13_update_key(SSL *s, int sending)
         insecret = s->client_app_traffic_secret;
 
     if (sending) {
+        s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 1;
         iv = s->write_iv;
         ciph_ctx = s->enc_write_ctx;
         RECORD_LAYER_reset_write_sequence(&s->rlayer);
@@ -651,6 +654,7 @@ int tls13_update_key(SSL *s, int sending)
 
     memcpy(insecret, secret, hashlen);
 
+    s->statem.invalid_enc_write_ctx = 0;
     ret = 1;
  err:
     OPENSSL_cleanse(secret, sizeof(secret));