diff --git a/library/ssl_tls13_generic.c b/library/ssl_tls13_generic.c
index 18bb984178..9e643d478d 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls13_generic.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls13_generic.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int ssl_tls13_parse_certificate( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
 
     MBEDTLS_SSL_CHK_BUF_READ_PTR( p, end, 4 );
     certificate_request_context_len = p[0];
-    certificate_list_len = MBEDTLS_GET_UINT24_BE( p, 0 );
+    certificate_list_len = MBEDTLS_GET_UINT24_BE( p, 1 );
     p += 4;
 
     /* In theory, the certificate list can be up to 2^24 Bytes, but we don't