diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version.pod
index bc6f25ccde..a033fdd9bb 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version.pod
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version() returns a number indicating the protocol
 version used for the session; this number matches the constants I<e.g.>
 B<TLS1_VERSION> or B<TLS1_2_VERSION>.
 
-If the function is passed the NULL pointer for the session B<s>, 0 is returned.
+Note that the SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version() function
+does B<not> perform a null check on the provided session B<s> pointer.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_sess.c b/ssl/ssl_sess.c
index 128d2d7942..f13e466d2c 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_sess.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_sess.c
@@ -830,8 +830,6 @@ long SSL_SESSION_set_time(SSL_SESSION *s, long t)
 
 int SSL_SESSION_get_protocol_version(const SSL_SESSION *s)
 {
-    if (s == NULL)
-        return (0);
     return s->ssl_version;
 }