diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 327f6ae7018bee..2badf3172252cf 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -2407,9 +2407,9 @@ _ssl__SSLSocket_shutdown_impl(PySSLSocket *self)
             break;
     }
 
-    if (err.ssl < 0) {
+    if (ret < 0) {
         Py_XDECREF(sock);
-        return PySSL_SetError(self, err.ssl, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+        return PySSL_SetError(self, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
     }
     if (sock)
         /* It's already INCREF'ed */