diff --git a/library/ssl_tls12_server.c b/library/ssl_tls12_server.c
index b5b975f..5bfab04 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls12_server.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls12_server.c
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@
          * and decrypting with the same RSA key.
          */
         if (mbedtls_ssl_check_cert_usage(cur->cert, ciphersuite_info,
-                                         MBEDTLS_SSL_IS_SERVER, &flags) != 0) {
+                                         MBEDTLS_SSL_IS_CLIENT, &flags) != 0) {
             MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG(3, ("certificate mismatch: "
                                       "(extended) key usage extension"));
             continue;