diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index df5247c..ebdc1d0 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -9088,7 +9088,7 @@
      */
 
     if( (size_t)( end - p ) < sizeof( ssl_serialized_session_header ) )
-        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL );
+        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_INPUT_DATA );
 
     if( memcmp( p, ssl_serialized_session_header,
                 sizeof( ssl_serialized_session_header ) ) != 0 )