diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 27f2172..a5d1cb1 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@
         /*
          * TLS encrypted messages can have up to 256 bytes of padding
          */
-        if( ssl->minor_ver == SSL_MINOR_VERSION_1 &&
+        if( ssl->minor_ver >= SSL_MINOR_VERSION_1 &&
             ssl->in_msglen > ssl->minlen + SSL_MAX_CONTENT_LEN + 256 )
         {
             SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad message length" ) );