diff --git a/lib/tls/openssl/openssl-server.c b/lib/tls/openssl/openssl-server.c
index f2e77324f..43d65e030 100644
--- a/lib/tls/openssl/openssl-server.c
+++ b/lib/tls/openssl/openssl-server.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ lws_tls_server_new_nonblocking(struct lws *wsi, lws_sockfd_type accept_fd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
+enum lws_ssl_capable_status
 lws_tls_server_abort_connection(struct lws *wsi)
 {
 	if (wsi->tls.use_ssl)