diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 4ec38735a87be63476f1d5397dc9d5fb5bcb05e3..558699967d6372532481920c2845f4b1e69db823 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -1361,8 +1361,8 @@ static CURLcode https_connecting(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(USE_SSLEAY) || defined(USE_GNUTLS) || defined(USE_SCHANNEL) || \
-    defined(USE_DARWINSSL)
-/* This function is for OpenSSL, GnuTLS, darwinssl, and schannel only.
+    defined(USE_DARWINSSL) || defined(USE_POLARSSL)
+/* This function is for OpenSSL, GnuTLS, darwinssl, schannel and polarssl only.
    It should be made to query the generic SSL layer instead. */
 static int https_getsock(struct connectdata *conn,
                          curl_socket_t *socks,