diff --git a/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c b/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c
index b65137c3326f51af940f6c3c81541db3d066423b..982a06089c116b2b883f53cee6d1b24b939ea62d 100644
--- a/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c
+++ b/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c
@@ -635,8 +635,9 @@ int ssl3_write_bytes(SSL *s, int type, const void *buf_, size_t len,
              */
             s->s3->empty_fragment_done = 0;
 
-            if ((i == (int)n) && s->mode & SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS &&
-                !SSL_IS_DTLS(s))
+            if (tmpwrit == n
+                    && (s->mode & SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS) != 0
+                    && !SSL_IS_DTLS(s))
                 ssl3_release_write_buffer(s);
 
             *written = tot + tmpwrit;