diff --git a/ssl/ssl_conf.c b/ssl/ssl_conf.c
index 23754739bb9720203a4eb20cf6ea58cbf9fffbf3..940d5a88ddcf8dbd4c581e4b0790d5a86d4026a3 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_conf.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_conf.c
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ static int cmd_ecdhparam(SSL_CONF_CTX *cctx, const char *value)
 			onoff = 0;
 			value++;
 			}
-		if (strcasecmp(value, "automatic"))
+		if (!strcasecmp(value, "automatic"))
+			{
+			if (onoff != -1)
+				onoff = 1;
+			}
+		else if (onoff != -1)
 			return 0;
 		}
 	else if (cctx->flags & SSL_CONF_FLAG_CMDLINE)