diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h
index cca71e7..c36c2ad 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h
@@ -1111,4 +1111,20 @@
 }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_EXTENDED_MASTER_SECRET */
 
+
+/*
+ * Accessor functions for optional fields of various structures
+ */
+
+static inline int mbedtls_ssl_handshake_get_resume(
+        const mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params *handshake )
+{
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION)
+    return( handshake->resume );
+#else
+    (void) handshake;
+    return( 0 );
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif /* ssl_internal.h */
diff --git a/library/ssl_cli.c b/library/ssl_cli.c
index 083ea31..6731b97 100644
--- a/library/ssl_cli.c
+++ b/library/ssl_cli.c
@@ -888,11 +888,7 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_RENEGOTIATION)
         ssl->renego_status != MBEDTLS_SSL_INITIAL_HANDSHAKE ||
 #endif
-#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION)
-        ssl->handshake->resume == 0 )
-#else /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION */
-        0 )
-#endif
+        mbedtls_ssl_handshake_get_resume( ssl->handshake ) == 0 )
     {
         n = 0;
     }
@@ -1839,10 +1835,8 @@
         memcpy( ssl->session_negotiate->id, buf + 35, n );
     }
 
-#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION)
     MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 3, ( "%s session has been resumed",
-                   ssl->handshake->resume ? "a" : "no" ) );
-#endif /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION */
+               mbedtls_ssl_handshake_get_resume( ssl->handshake ) ? "a" : "no" ) );
 
     MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 3, ( "server hello, chosen ciphersuite: %04x", i ) );
     MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 3, ( "server hello, compress alg.: %d", buf[37 + n] ) );
diff --git a/library/ssl_srv.c b/library/ssl_srv.c
index 7786186..07bbe2d 100644
--- a/library/ssl_srv.c
+++ b/library/ssl_srv.c
@@ -2643,7 +2643,7 @@
      * It may be already set to 1 by ssl_parse_session_ticket_ext().
      * If not, try looking up session ID in our cache.
      */
-    if( ssl->handshake->resume == 0 &&
+    if( mbedtls_ssl_handshake_get_resume( ssl->handshake ) == 0 &&
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_RENEGOTIATION)
         ssl->renego_status == MBEDTLS_SSL_INITIAL_HANDSHAKE &&
 #endif
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@
 #endif /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_CACHE */
 
 #if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION)
-    if( ssl->handshake->resume == 1 )
+    if( mbedtls_ssl_handshake_get_resume( ssl->handshake ) == 1 )
     {
         /*
          * Resuming a session
@@ -2714,10 +2714,8 @@
 
     MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 3, ( "server hello, session id len.: %d", n ) );
     MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_BUF( 3,   "server hello, session id", buf + 39, n );
-#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION)
     MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 3, ( "%s session has been resumed",
-                   ssl->handshake->resume ? "a" : "no" ) );
-#endif /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION */
+            mbedtls_ssl_handshake_get_resume( ssl->handshake ) ? "a" : "no" ) );
 
     *p++ = (unsigned char)( ssl->session_negotiate->ciphersuite >> 8 );
     *p++ = (unsigned char)( ssl->session_negotiate->ciphersuite      );