diff --git a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
index 187cd6a6..dfd74ce3 100644
--- a/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp
@@ -1012,7 +1012,13 @@ bool HTTPClient::connect(void)
         log_d("HTTPClient::begin was not called or returned error");
         return false;
     }
-
+#ifdef HTTPCLIENT_1_1_COMPATIBLE
+    if (_tcpDeprecated && !_transportTraits->verify(*_client, _host.c_str())) {
+        log_d("transport level verify failed");
+        _client->stop();
+        return false;
+    }	
+#endif
     if(!_client->connect(_host.c_str(), _port, _connectTimeout)) {
         log_d("failed connect to %s:%u", _host.c_str(), _port);
         return false;
@@ -1023,14 +1029,6 @@ bool HTTPClient::connect(void)
 
     log_d(" connected to %s:%u", _host.c_str(), _port);
 
-#ifdef HTTPCLIENT_1_1_COMPATIBLE
-    if (_tcpDeprecated && !_transportTraits->verify(*_client, _host.c_str())) {
-        log_d("transport level verify failed");
-        _client->stop();
-        return false;
-    }	
-#endif
-
 
 /*
 #ifdef ESP8266