--- ssl/ssl_lib.c
+++ ssl/ssl_lib.c
@@ -3144,7 +3203,7 @@
                                 ret->tls13_ciphersuites,
                                 &ret->cipher_list, &ret->cipher_list_by_id,
                                 SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHER_LIST, ret->cert)
-        || sk_SSL_CIPHER_num(ret->cipher_list) <= 0) {
+        || sk_SSL_CIPHER_num(ret->cipher_list->ciphers) <= 0) {
         SSLerr(SSL_F_SSL_CTX_NEW, SSL_R_LIBRARY_HAS_NO_CIPHERS);
         goto err2;
     }