diff --git a/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_wolfssl.c b/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_wolfssl.c
index d929ad04b5..127101398d 100644
--- a/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_wolfssl.c
+++ b/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_wolfssl.c
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ static esp_err_t set_client_config(const char *hostname, size_t hostlen, esp_tls
             return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
         }
         /* Hostname set here should match CN in server certificate */
-        if ((ret = wolfSSL_set_tlsext_host_name( (WOLFSSL *)tls->priv_ssl, use_host))!= WOLFSSL_SUCCESS) {
-            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "wolfSSL_set_tlsext_host_name returned -0x%x", -ret);
+        if ((ret = (wolfSSL_check_domain_name( (WOLFSSL *)tls->priv_ssl, use_host))) != WOLFSSL_SUCCESS) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "wolfSSL_check_domain_name returned -0x%x", -ret);
             ESP_INT_EVENT_TRACKER_CAPTURE(tls->error_handle, ERR_TYPE_WOLFSSL, -ret);
             free(use_host);
             return ESP_ERR_WOLFSSL_SSL_SET_HOSTNAME_FAILED;