diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 0b680b2d6..22d454709 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_connect(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
     /* nothing else to do except wait right now - we're not done here. */
     return CURLE_OK;
 
-  if(conn->given->flags & PROTOPT_SSL) {
+  if(conn->given->protocol & CURLPROTO_HTTPS) {
     /* perform SSL initialization */
     result = https_connecting(conn, done);
     if(result)