diff --git a/components/mbedtls/port/dynamic/esp_ssl_tls.c b/components/mbedtls/port/dynamic/esp_ssl_tls.c
index e242b2ced6..f12bc2bf7e 100644
--- a/components/mbedtls/port/dynamic/esp_ssl_tls.c
+++ b/components/mbedtls/port/dynamic/esp_ssl_tls.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ static int ssl_handshake_init( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 int __wrap_mbedtls_ssl_setup(mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl, const mbedtls_ssl_config *conf)
 {
     ssl->conf = conf;
+    ssl->tls_version = ssl->conf->max_tls_version;
+
     CHECK_OK(ssl_handshake_init(ssl));
 
     mbedtls_free(ssl->MBEDTLS_PRIVATE(out_buf));