diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4270138cbf..04f7606321 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Changes
 
 Bugfix
    * Fix for MPI assembly for ARM
+   * Fixed parse error in ssl_parse_certificate_request()
 
 = Version 1.2.6 released 2013-03-11
 Bugfix
diff --git a/library/ssl_cli.c b/library/ssl_cli.c
index 377d12bbb3..900c63ab50 100644
--- a/library/ssl_cli.c
+++ b/library/ssl_cli.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_certificate_request( ssl_context *ssl )
         return( POLARSSL_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE_REQUEST );
     }
 
-    p = buf + 4;
+    p = buf + 5;
     while( cert_type_len > 0 )
     {
         if( *p == SSL_CERT_TYPE_RSA_SIGN )