diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index b597fe2331e42b1a0b47d86f1d3d047f3b6a1a56..536043e558eb65a8d43ad8799ea403206820cfea 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ dn_indicates_v3_cert(X509_NAME *name)
     return 0;
   if (len < 4) {
     OPENSSL_free(s);
-    return 0;
+    return 1;
   }
   r = fast_memneq(s + len - 4, ".net", 4);
   OPENSSL_free(s);