diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 0134834..27f2172 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@
             return( POLARSSL_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
         }
 
-        ret = x509parse_crt( ssl->peer_cert, ssl->in_msg + i, n );
+        ret = x509parse_crt_der( ssl->peer_cert, ssl->in_msg + i, n );
         if( ret != 0 )
         {
             SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, " x509parse_crt", ret );