diff --git a/libmariadb/secure/openssl.c b/libmariadb/secure/openssl.c
index 75b508923..6b23fd8a0 100644
--- a/libmariadb/secure/openssl.c
+++ b/libmariadb/secure/openssl.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ int ma_tls_verify_server_cert(MARIADB_TLS *ctls)
     return 1;
   }
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_CHECK_HOST
-  if (X509_check_host(cert, mysql->host, 0, 0, 0) != 1
+  if (X509_check_host(cert, mysql->host, strlen(mysql->host), 0, 0) != 1
      && X509_check_ip_asc(cert, mysql->host, 0) != 1)
     goto error;
 #else