diff --git a/lib/ssluse.c b/lib/ssluse.c
index 0d50c07f4..d91cf5f7b 100644
--- a/lib/ssluse.c
+++ b/lib/ssluse.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Curl_SSLConnect(struct connectdata *conn)
     
   if(data->cert) {
     if (!cert_stuff(conn, data->cert, data->cert)) {
-      failf(data, "couldn't use certificate!\n");
+      /* failf() is already done in cert_stuff() */
       return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
     }
   }