diff --git a/src/tool_operate.c b/src/tool_operate.c
index 1180555fac0589a0a55c21e9ac909a07e6819224..ed4071ade236cb7b197b5f7d4125d34edd49f07c 100644
--- a/src/tool_operate.c
+++ b/src/tool_operate.c
@@ -1328,9 +1328,12 @@ static CURLcode operate_do(struct GlobalConfig *global,
                         config->gssapi_delegation);
 
         /* new in 7.25.0 */
-        my_setopt_bitmask(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS,
-          (long)((config->ssl_allow_beast ? CURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST : 0) |
-                 (config->ssl_no_revoke ? CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE : 0)));
+        {
+          long mask = (config->ssl_allow_beast ? CURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST : 0) |
+                      (config->ssl_no_revoke ? CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE : 0);
+          if(mask)
+            my_setopt_bitmask(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, mask);
+        }
 
         if(config->mail_auth)
           my_setopt_str(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_AUTH, config->mail_auth);