diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 00335f4fd9..e946ecb2b1 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -23150,6 +23150,52 @@ static void DropAndRestartProcessReply(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_DTLS_DROP_STATS */
 }
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_DTLS */
+
+#ifndef WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12
+/* On a confirmed TLS 1.2 / DTLS 1.2 client resumption, check the abbreviated
+ * ServerHello's EMS state (RFC 7627 5.3) and cipher suite (RFC 5246 7.4.1.3)
+ * match the resumed session. Called once resumption is confirmed - at a renewed
+ * NewSessionTicket (before SetupSession refreshes the cached values) or the
+ * server ChangeCipherSpec. Deferred from ServerHello because a declined ticket
+ * (RFC 5077 3.4) falls back to a full handshake that must not be rejected.
+ * Returns 0 if consistent, else sends a fatal alert and returns an error. */
+static int CheckResumptionConsistency(WOLFSSL* ssl)
+{
+    if (ssl->session == NULL) /* nothing to compare against */
+        return 0;
+    /* EMS must match (RFC 7627 5.3); skip EAP-FAST (session-secret callback). */
+    if (
+#ifdef HAVE_SECRET_CALLBACK
+        !(ssl->sessionSecretCb != NULL
+#ifdef HAVE_SESSION_TICKET
+                && ssl->session->ticketLen > 0
+#endif
+                ) &&
+#endif
+        ssl->session->haveEMS != ssl->options.haveEMS) {
+        WOLFSSL_MSG("Resumed session EMS state does not match "
+                    "ServerHello EMS state");
+        SendAlert(ssl, alert_fatal, handshake_failure);
+        WOLFSSL_ERROR_VERBOSE(EXT_MASTER_SECRET_NEEDED_E);
+        return EXT_MASTER_SECRET_NEEDED_E;
+    }
+#ifndef NO_RESUME_SUITE_CHECK
+    /* Suite must match (RFC 5246 7.4.1.3), tickets included. Skip when no suite
+     * was retained (both zero = TLS_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL, e.g. EAP-FAST PAC). */
+    if ((ssl->session->cipherSuite0 != 0 || ssl->session->cipherSuite != 0) &&
+            (ssl->options.cipherSuite0 != ssl->session->cipherSuite0 ||
+             ssl->options.cipherSuite != ssl->session->cipherSuite)) {
+        WOLFSSL_MSG("Resumed session cipher suite does not match "
+                    "ServerHello cipher suite");
+        SendAlert(ssl, alert_fatal, illegal_parameter);
+        WOLFSSL_ERROR_VERBOSE(MATCH_SUITE_ERROR);
+        return MATCH_SUITE_ERROR;
+    }
+#endif /* NO_RESUME_SUITE_CHECK */
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif /* !WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12 */
+
 /* Process input requests. Return 0 is done, 1 is call again to complete, and
    negative number is error. If allowSocketErr is set, SOCKET_ERROR_E in
    ssl->error will be whitelisted. This is useful when the connection has been
@@ -23980,6 +24026,15 @@ default:
                         }
                     }
 
+                    /* Server CCS confirms the abbreviated handshake: validate
+                     * the resumed session before installing keys. */
+                    if (ssl->options.side == WOLFSSL_CLIENT_END &&
+                            ssl->options.resuming) {
+                        ret = CheckResumptionConsistency(ssl);
+                        if (ret != 0)
+                            return ret;
+                    }
+
                     ssl->keys.encryptionOn = 1;
 
                     /* setup decrypt keys for following messages */
@@ -32342,57 +32397,9 @@ static void MakePSKPreMasterSecret(Arrays* arrays, byte use_psk_key)
         }
         else {
             if (DSH_CheckSessionId(ssl)) {
-                /* RFC 7627 5.3: resumed session EMS state must match the
-                 * ServerHello; abort on mismatch. Covers ticket resumption
-                 * too. Skip only EAP-FAST (sessionSecretCb supplied the PAC
-                 * ticket's secret in DoServerHello), whose synthetic session
-                 * has no negotiated EMS state to compare. */
-                if (
-            #ifdef HAVE_SECRET_CALLBACK
-                    !(ssl->sessionSecretCb != NULL
-            #ifdef HAVE_SESSION_TICKET
-                            && ssl->session->ticketLen > 0
-            #endif
-                            ) &&
-            #endif
-                    ssl->session->haveEMS != ssl->options.haveEMS) {
-                    WOLFSSL_MSG("Resumed session EMS state does not match "
-                                "ServerHello EMS state");
-                    SendAlert(ssl, alert_fatal, handshake_failure);
-                    WOLFSSL_ERROR_VERBOSE(EXT_MASTER_SECRET_NEEDED_E);
-                    return EXT_MASTER_SECRET_NEEDED_E;
-                }
-#ifndef NO_RESUME_SUITE_CHECK
-                /* RFC 5246 Section 7.4.1.3: on resumption the ServerHello
-                 * reuses the previously negotiated cipher suite. Reject a
-                 * server that resumes the session but selects a different
-                 * suite. Unlike the EMS check above this also covers ticket
-                 * resumption: the ticket is opaque to the client, so it cannot
-                 * rely on the suite being bound inside the ticket and must
-                 * enforce the match against the suite retained in the cached
-                 * session (SetupSession stores it for ticket sessions too).
-                 * Otherwise a server could resume a ticket under a different,
-                 * weaker suite the client offered and the downgrade would go
-                 * undetected.
-                 *
-                 * Skip only when the client retained no suite for the session
-                 * (cipherSuite0/cipherSuite both zero): then there is nothing to
-                 * compare against. This is the case for EAP-FAST, whose PAC is a
-                 * TLS ticket whose keys are supplied through the session-secret
-                 * callback and which never populates the cached suite. (0,0) is
-                 * TLS_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL, never a negotiated suite, so it
-                 * unambiguously means "no retained suite". */
-                if ((ssl->session->cipherSuite0 != 0 ||
-                            ssl->session->cipherSuite != 0) &&
-                        (ssl->options.cipherSuite0 != ssl->session->cipherSuite0 ||
-                         ssl->options.cipherSuite != ssl->session->cipherSuite)) {
-                    WOLFSSL_MSG("Resumed session cipher suite does not match "
-                                "ServerHello cipher suite");
-                    SendAlert(ssl, alert_fatal, illegal_parameter);
-                    WOLFSSL_ERROR_VERBOSE(MATCH_SUITE_ERROR);
-                    return MATCH_SUITE_ERROR;
-                }
-#endif /* NO_RESUME_SUITE_CHECK */
+                /* EMS/suite consistency is checked once resumption is confirmed
+                 * (CheckResumptionConsistency), not here: a ticket the server
+                 * declines (RFC 5077 3.4) must fall back to a full handshake. */
                 if (SetCipherSpecs(ssl) == 0) {
                     if (!HaveUniqueSessionObj(ssl)) {
                         WOLFSSL_MSG("Unable to have unique session object");
@@ -35641,6 +35648,15 @@ static int DoSessionTicket(WOLFSSL* ssl, const byte* input, word32* inOutIdx,
         return SESSION_TICKET_EXPECT_E;
     }
 
+    /* A renewed ticket while resuming confirms resumption; check before the
+     * SetupSession() below refreshes the cached suite/EMS and masks a downgrade.
+     * (The ChangeCipherSpec check covers the no-renewal case.) */
+    if (ssl->options.resuming) {
+        ret = CheckResumptionConsistency(ssl);
+        if (ret != 0)
+            return ret;
+    }
+
     if (OPAQUE32_LEN > size)
         return BUFFER_ERROR;
 
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.c b/tests/api/test_tls.c
index 9a567125e4..960c3bf9cb 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.c
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ int test_tls12_resume_ticket_wrong_suite(void)
     EXPECT_DECLS;
 #if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && \
     !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12) && defined(HAVE_SESSION_TICKET) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_DEF_TICKET_ENC_CB) && \
     !defined(NO_RESUME_SUITE_CHECK) && !defined(NO_RSA) && defined(HAVE_ECC) && \
     !defined(NO_AES) && defined(HAVE_AESGCM) && !defined(NO_SHA256) && \
     defined(BUILD_TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256)
@@ -969,6 +970,74 @@ int test_tls12_resume_ticket_wrong_suite(void)
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
 
+/* A ticket the server can't honor must fall back to a full handshake (RFC 5077
+ * 3.4), even under a different suite than the cached ticket session - the
+ * F-5811 suite check must not abort it. The second handshake uses a fresh
+ * server CTX (new ticket key -> decline) offering only suite B while the client
+ * offers B and the session's suite A. */
+int test_tls12_resume_ticket_decline_fallback(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12) && defined(HAVE_SESSION_TICKET) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_DEF_TICKET_ENC_CB) && !defined(NO_SESSION_CACHE) && \
+    !defined(NO_RESUME_SUITE_CHECK) && !defined(NO_RSA) && defined(HAVE_ECC) && \
+    !defined(NO_AES) && defined(HAVE_AESGCM) && !defined(NO_SHA256) && \
+    defined(BUILD_TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) && \
+    defined(BUILD_TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384)
+    const char* suiteA  = "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256";
+    const char* suiteB  = "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
+    const char* suiteBA =
+        "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256";
+    WOLFSSL_CTX *ctx_c = NULL, *ctx_s = NULL, *ctx_s2 = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_c = NULL, *ssl_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_c2 = NULL, *ssl_s2 = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL_SESSION *sess = NULL;
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx2;
+
+    /* First handshake: establish a ticket-based TLS 1.2 session on suite A. */
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfTLSv1_2_client_method, wolfTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_c, suiteA), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_s, suiteA), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_UseSessionTicket(ssl_c), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c, ssl_s, 10, NULL), 0);
+    ExpectNotNull(sess = wolfSSL_get1_session(ssl_c));
+    ExpectIntGT(sess->ticketLen, 0);
+
+    /* Second handshake: fresh server CTX (NULL ctx_s2 -> new ticket key) so the
+     * ticket is declined and the server does a full handshake on suite B. */
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx2, 0, sizeof(test_ctx2));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx2, &ctx_c, &ctx_s2, &ssl_c2, &ssl_s2,
+                    wolfTLSv1_2_client_method, wolfTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_c2, suiteBA), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_s2, suiteB), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    /* Session cache off so the declining server emits an empty session ID and
+     * the client takes the graceful full-handshake fallback (set on the SSL as
+     * the flag is copied from the CTX at wolfSSL_new() time). */
+    if (ssl_s2 != NULL)
+        ssl_s2->options.sessionCacheOff = 1;
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_UseSessionTicket(ssl_c2), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_session(ssl_c2, sess), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    /* Fallback must succeed (no MATCH_SUITE_ERROR), not resume, and use B. */
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c2, ssl_s2, 10, NULL), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_session_reused(ssl_c2), 0);
+    ExpectStrEQ(wolfSSL_get_cipher_name(ssl_c2), suiteB);
+
+    wolfSSL_SESSION_free(sess);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c2);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s2);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s2);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
 /* wolfSSL_set_session() must reject a TLS 1.2 session when minDowngrade is
  * set to TLS 1.3. */
 int test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade(void)
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.h b/tests/api/test_tls.h
index eecafab511..28fe41abfe 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg(void);
 int test_tls12_no_null_compression(void);
 int test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption(void);
 int test_tls12_resume_ticket_wrong_suite(void);
+int test_tls12_resume_ticket_decline_fallback(void);
 int test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade(void);
 int test_tls12_session_id_resumption_sni_mismatch(void);
 int test_tls13_session_resumption_sni_mismatch(void);
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ int test_record_size_cache_invalidated_on_renegotiation(void);
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_no_null_compression),                \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption),              \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_resume_ticket_wrong_suite),          \
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_resume_ticket_decline_fallback),     \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls_set_session_min_downgrade),            \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_session_id_resumption_sni_mismatch), \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls13_session_resumption_sni_mismatch),    \