diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
index 64f90fe..492fe93 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_RECORD                    -0x7200  /**< An invalid SSL record was received. */
 #define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CONN_EOF                          -0x7280  /**< The connection indicated an EOF. */
 #define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_DECODE_ERROR                      -0x7300  /**< A message could not be parsed due to a syntactic error. */
-#define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_NO_CIPHER_CHOSEN                  -0x7380  /**< The server has no ciphersuites in common with the client. */
+/* Error space gap */
 #define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_NO_RNG                            -0x7400  /**< No RNG was provided to the SSL module. */
 #define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_NO_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE             -0x7480  /**< No client certification received from the client, but required by the authentication mode. */
 #define MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNSUPPORTED_EXTENSION             -0x7500  /**< Client received an extended server hello containing an unsupported extension */
diff --git a/library/ssl_srv.c b/library/ssl_srv.c
index 7e94102..9de18be 100644
--- a/library/ssl_srv.c
+++ b/library/ssl_srv.c
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "got no ciphersuites in common" ) );
         mbedtls_ssl_send_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
                                         MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE );
-        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_NO_CIPHER_CHOSEN );
+        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE );
     }
 
 have_ciphersuite:
@@ -3054,7 +3054,7 @@
         if( curve == NULL || *curve == NULL )
         {
             MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "no matching curve for ECDHE" ) );
-            return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_NO_CIPHER_CHOSEN );
+            return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE );
         }
 
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "ECDHE curve: %s", (*curve)->name ) );