diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/listener/tls_inspector/tls_inspector.cc b/source/extensions/filters/listener/tls_inspector/tls_inspector.cc
index e8ec24ec3f..58533424b9 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/listener/tls_inspector/tls_inspector.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/listener/tls_inspector/tls_inspector.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Config::Config(
 
         // Return an error to stop the handshake; we have what we wanted already.
         *out_alert = SSL_AD_USER_CANCELLED;
-        return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL;
+        return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK;
       });
 }