diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 6898d73b8ffb2a..051efce4cfaa99 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ newPySSLSocket(PySSLContext *sslctx, PySocketSockObject *sock,
     }
 
     /* bpo43522 and OpenSSL < 1.1.1l: copy hostflags manually */
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION < 0x101010cf
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x101010cf
     X509_VERIFY_PARAM *ssl_verification_params = SSL_get0_param(self->ssl);
     X509_VERIFY_PARAM *ssl_ctx_verification_params = SSL_CTX_get0_param(ctx);