diff --git a/platform/src/ssl_stream.cpp b/platform/src/ssl_stream.cpp
index eb9f919..27192e4 100644
--- a/platform/src/ssl_stream.cpp
+++ b/platform/src/ssl_stream.cpp
@@ -524,19 +524,28 @@ struct ssl_mgr * ssl_manager_init(const char * ini_profile, const char * section
 
 	struct ssl_mgr * mgr = ALLOC(struct ssl_mgr, 1);
 	int ret = 0;
-	char version_str[TFE_SYMBOL_MAX];
+
+	char version_str[TFE_SYMBOL_MAX] = {};
 	mgr->logger = logger;
 	mgr->ev_base_gc=ev_base_gc;
 	MESA_load_profile_string_def(ini_profile, section, "ssl_min_version", version_str, sizeof(version_str), "ssl3");
 	mgr->ssl_min_version = sslver_str2num(version_str);
-	MESA_load_profile_string_def(ini_profile, section, "ssl_max_version", version_str, sizeof(version_str), "tls12");
-	mgr->ssl_max_version = sslver_str2num(version_str);
-	
+
 	if (mgr->ssl_min_version < 0)
 	{
 		TFE_LOG_ERROR(logger, "Unsupported SSL/TLS protocol %s", version_str);
 		goto error_out;
 	}
+
+	MESA_load_profile_string_def(ini_profile, section, "ssl_max_version", version_str, sizeof(version_str), "tls12");
+	mgr->ssl_max_version = sslver_str2num(version_str);
+
+	if (mgr->ssl_max_version < 0)
+	{
+		TFE_LOG_ERROR(logger, "Unsupported SSL/TLS protocol %s", version_str);
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+
 	ret=ssl_init();
 	if(ret<0)
 	{