diff --git a/ssl/s3_clnt.c b/ssl/s3_clnt.c
index e178fe12ad3971280577467f6365bfb7a6833b91..1aff83318436271ff4b836e0707e200a1c231544 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_clnt.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_clnt.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ int ssl3_get_server_hello(SSL *s)
 			al = SSL_AD_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
 			goto f_err;
 			}
-		s->version = s->client_version = s->method->version;
+		s->version = s->method->version;
 		}
 
 	if ((p[0] != (s->version>>8)) || (p[1] != (s->version&0xff)))