diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 30579538e5..c3455f079e 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -34834,7 +34834,7 @@ int SetTicket(WOLFSSL* ssl, const byte* ticket, word32 length)
     }
     ssl->session->ticketLen = (word16)length;
 
-    if (length > 0) {
+    if (length >= ID_LEN) {
         XMEMCPY(ssl->session->ticket, ticket, length);
         if (ssl->session_ticket_cb != NULL) {
             ssl->session_ticket_cb(ssl,