diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java
index 3251fb36a8..9a44faf2be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ public class EmailService implements AutoCloseable {
             }
 
             boolean strict = ssl_harden_strict;
-            if (provider != null)
+            if (strict && provider != null)
                 try {
                     EmailProvider p = EmailProvider.getProvider(context, provider);
                     if ("1.2".equals(p.maxtls)) {