diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index 75ca47dbdb5d92d5f6ed598635498515c2888c79..840b677cb7d2f180f46f90a4a07277a0325af56a 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ 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);