diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c35ddb5..24f96478 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -463,10 +463,6 @@ CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(_snprintf LWS_HAVE__SNPRINTF)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(_vsnprintf LWS_HAVE__VSNPRINTF)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(getloadavg LWS_HAVE_GETLOADAVG)
 
-CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(TLS_client_method LWS_HAVE_TLS_CLIENT_METHOD)
-CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(TLSv1_2_client_method LWS_HAVE_TLSV1_2_CLIENT_METHOD)
-
-
 if (NOT LWS_HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
 	if (LWS_WITHOUT_BUILTIN_GETIFADDRS)
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "No getifaddrs was found on the system. Turn off the LWS_WITHOUT_BUILTIN_GETIFADDRS compile option to use the supplied BSD version.")
@@ -952,6 +948,8 @@ set (temp ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${LIB_LIST})
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(SSL_CTX_set1_param LWS_HAVE_SSL_CTX_set1_param)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host LWS_HAVE_X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host)
+CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(TLS_client_method LWS_HAVE_TLS_CLIENT_METHOD)
+CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(TLSv1_2_client_method LWS_HAVE_TLSV1_2_CLIENT_METHOD)
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${temp})
 # Generate the lws_config.h that includes all the public compilation settings.
 configure_file(
diff --git a/lib/ssl-client.c b/lib/ssl-client.c
index a13877a8..70b6730b 100644
--- a/lib/ssl-client.c
+++ b/lib/ssl-client.c
@@ -362,11 +362,10 @@ int lws_context_init_client_ssl(struct lws_context_creation_info *info,
 	/* choose the most recent spin of the api */
 #if defined(LWS_HAVE_TLS_CLIENT_METHOD)
 	method = (SSL_METHOD *)TLS_client_method();
-#if defined(LWS_HAVE_TLSV1_2_CLIENT_METHOD)
+#elif defined(LWS_HAVE_TLSV1_2_CLIENT_METHOD)
 	method = (SSL_METHOD *)TLSv1_2_client_method();
 #else
 	method = (SSL_METHOD *)SSLv23_client_method();
-#endif
 #endif
 	if (!method) {
 		error = ERR_get_error();