diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 8ec8673..1d500c4 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -4708,8 +4708,8 @@
          * Section 4.1.2.7, that is, send alert only with TLS */
         if( MBEDTLS_SSL_TRANSPORT_IS_TLS( ssl->conf->transport ) )
         {
-            mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                    MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
+            mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
         }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS */
 
@@ -5833,8 +5833,7 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_ALL_ALERT_MESSAGES)
                     if( ret == MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_MAC )
                     {
-                        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                                MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
+                        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
                                 MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_BAD_RECORD_MAC );
                     }
 #endif
@@ -5870,8 +5869,7 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_ALL_ALERT_MESSAGES)
             if( ret == MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_MAC )
             {
-                mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
+                mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
                         MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_BAD_RECORD_MAC );
             }
 #endif
@@ -6308,8 +6306,8 @@
     if( ssl->in_msgtype != MBEDTLS_SSL_MSG_HANDSHAKE )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad certificate message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                            MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
     }
 
@@ -6317,8 +6315,8 @@
         ssl->in_hslen < mbedtls_ssl_hs_hdr_len( ssl ) + 3 + 3 )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad certificate message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
     }
 
@@ -6333,8 +6331,8 @@
         ssl->in_hslen != n + 3 + mbedtls_ssl_hs_hdr_len( ssl ) )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad certificate message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
     }
 
@@ -6347,9 +6345,8 @@
         /* Check that there's room for the next CRT's length fields. */
         if ( i + 3 > ssl->in_hslen ) {
             MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad certificate message" ) );
-            mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                              MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                              MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+            mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                          MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
             return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
         }
         /* In theory, the CRT can be up to 2**24 Bytes, but we don't support
@@ -6357,9 +6354,8 @@
         if( ssl->in_msg[i] != 0 )
         {
             MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad certificate message" ) );
-            mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                            MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                            MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+            mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                          MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
             return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
         }
 
@@ -6371,9 +6367,8 @@
         if( n < 128 || i + n > ssl->in_hslen )
         {
             MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad certificate message" ) );
-            mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                                 MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                 MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+            mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                          MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
             return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
         }
 
@@ -6394,9 +6389,8 @@
                                               n ) != 0 )
             {
                 MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "new server cert during renegotiation" ) );
-                mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                                                MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                                MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_ACCESS_DENIED );
+                mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                       MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_ACCESS_DENIED );
                 return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
             }
 
@@ -6432,7 +6426,7 @@
             default:
                 alert = MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_BAD_CERT;
             crt_parse_der_failed:
-                mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL, alert );
+                mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,  alert );
                 MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, " mbedtls_x509_crt_parse_der", ret );
                 return( ret );
         }
@@ -6666,8 +6660,7 @@
             alert = MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNKNOWN_CA;
         else
             alert = MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_CERT_UNKNOWN;
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        alert );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl, alert );
     }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C)
@@ -6699,9 +6692,8 @@
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "alloc(%d bytes) failed",
                                     sizeof( MBEDTLS_SSL_PEER_CERT_DIGEST_DFL_LEN ) ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
 
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_ALLOC_FAILED );
     }
@@ -6804,9 +6796,8 @@
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "alloc(%d bytes) failed",
                                     sizeof( mbedtls_x509_crt ) ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
 
         ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_ALLOC_FAILED;
         goto exit;
@@ -6937,8 +6928,8 @@
     if( ssl->in_msgtype != MBEDTLS_SSL_MSG_CHANGE_CIPHER_SPEC )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad change cipher spec message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                             MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
     }
 
@@ -6985,8 +6976,8 @@
         if( ( ret = mbedtls_ssl_hw_record_activate( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_CHANNEL_INBOUND ) ) != 0 )
         {
             MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, "mbedtls_ssl_hw_record_activate", ret );
-            mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                            MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
+            mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                  MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
             return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_HW_ACCEL_FAILED );
         }
     }
@@ -7579,8 +7570,8 @@
     if( ssl->in_msgtype != MBEDTLS_SSL_MSG_HANDSHAKE )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad finished message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                               MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_MESSAGE );
     }
 
@@ -7596,8 +7587,8 @@
         ssl->in_hslen  != mbedtls_ssl_hs_hdr_len( ssl ) + hash_len )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad finished message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_FINISHED );
     }
 
@@ -7605,8 +7596,8 @@
                       buf, hash_len ) != 0 )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad finished message" ) );
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_FINISHED );
     }
 
@@ -11528,8 +11519,8 @@
     mbedtls_sha1_free( &mbedtls_sha1 );
 
     if( ret != 0 )
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
 
     return( ret );
 
@@ -11588,8 +11579,8 @@
     mbedtls_md_free( &ctx );
 
     if( ret != 0 )
-        mbedtls_ssl_pend_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
-                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
+        mbedtls_ssl_pend_fatal_alert( ssl,
+                                      MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR );
 
     return( ret );
 }