diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 78c02c1cd82..bf8bd9dea89 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -3515,7 +3515,7 @@ set_min_max_proto_version(PySSLContext *self, PyObject *arg, int what)
 static PyObject *
 get_minimum_version(PySSLContext *self, void *c)
 {
-    int v = SSL_CTX_ctrl(self->ctx, SSL_CTRL_GET_MIN_PROTO_VERSION, 0, NULL);
+    int v = SSL_CTX_get_min_proto_version(self->ctx);
     if (v == 0) {
         v = PY_PROTO_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED;
     }
@@ -3531,7 +3531,7 @@ set_minimum_version(PySSLContext *self, PyObject *arg, void *c)
 static PyObject *
 get_maximum_version(PySSLContext *self, void *c)
 {
-    int v = SSL_CTX_ctrl(self->ctx, SSL_CTRL_GET_MAX_PROTO_VERSION, 0, NULL);
+    int v = SSL_CTX_get_max_proto_version(self->ctx);
     if (v == 0) {
         v = PY_PROTO_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED;
     }