diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index a49203ab07..5c22ad25dc 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -2865,11 +2865,12 @@ static void ossl_trace(int direction, int ssl_ver, int content_type,
 
 #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L /* 1.1.0 */
 static CURLcode
-ossl_set_ssl_version_min_max(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, SSL_CTX *ctx)
+ossl_set_ssl_version_min_max(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, SSL_CTX *ctx,
+                             unsigned int ssl_version_min)
 {
   struct ssl_primary_config *conn_config = Curl_ssl_cf_get_primary_config(cf);
   /* first, TLS min version... */
-  long curl_ssl_version_min = conn_config->version;
+  long curl_ssl_version_min = (long)ssl_version_min;
   long curl_ssl_version_max;
 
   /* convert curl min SSL version option to OpenSSL constant */
@@ -4110,7 +4111,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_ossl_ctx_init(struct ossl_ctx *octx,
     ctx_options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3;
 
 #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L /* 1.1.0 */
-    result = ossl_set_ssl_version_min_max(cf, octx->ssl_ctx);
+    result = ossl_set_ssl_version_min_max(cf, octx->ssl_ctx, ssl_version_min);
 #else
     result = ossl_set_ssl_version_min_max_legacy(&ctx_options, cf, data);
 #endif