diff --git a/src/protocol/SSLWrapper.cc b/src/protocol/SSLWrapper.cc
index 977eb107..6c29be5a 100644
--- a/src/protocol/SSLWrapper.cc
+++ b/src/protocol/SSLWrapper.cc
@@ -203,16 +203,13 @@ int SSLWrapper::append_message()
 		} while (nleft > 0);
 	}
 
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = SSL_get_error(this->ssl, ret);
+	if (ret != SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ)
 	{
-		ret = SSL_get_error(this->ssl, ret);
-		if (ret != SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ)
-		{
-			if (ret != SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL)
-				errno = -ret;
+		if (ret != SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL)
+			errno = -ret;
 
-			return -1;
-		}
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;