diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index c2217c185..5ae0b068d 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -47446,8 +47446,12 @@ WOLF_STACK_OF(WOLFSSL_CIPHER) *wolfSSL_get_ciphers_compat(const WOLFSSL *ssl)
         int i;
 #if defined(OPENSSL_ALL) || defined(WOLFSSL_QT)
         int j;
-#endif
+
+        /* higher priority of cipher suite will be on top of stack */
+        for (i = suites->suiteSz - 2; i >=0; i-=2) {
+#else
         for (i = 0; i < suites->suiteSz; i+=2) {
+#endif
             WOLFSSL_STACK* add;
 
             /* A couple of suites are placeholders for special options,