diff --git a/src/tls/openssl/tls_tcp.c b/src/tls/openssl/tls_tcp.c
index a3e967117..e5a1c8e3c 100644
--- a/src/tls/openssl/tls_tcp.c
+++ b/src/tls/openssl/tls_tcp.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static bool recv_handler(int *err, struct mbuf *mb, bool *estab, void *arg)
 			*err = tls_accept(tc);
 		}
 
-		DEBUG_INFO("state=0x%04x\n", SSL_state(tc->ssl));
+		DEBUG_INFO("state: %s\n", SSL_state_string_long(tc->ssl));
 
 		/* TLS connection is established */
 		if (SSL_state(tc->ssl) != SSL_ST_OK)