diff --git a/src/riak_core_ssl_util.erl b/src/riak_core_ssl_util.erl
index aaac282..094c2d9 100644
--- a/src/riak_core_ssl_util.erl
+++ b/src/riak_core_ssl_util.erl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ssl_handshake(Socket, SslOpts) ->
 openssl_suite(Cipher) ->
     ssl_cipher_format:suite_openssl_str_to_map(Cipher).
 openssl_suite_name(Cipher) ->
-    ssl_cipher_format:suite_map_to_openssl_str(ssl_cipher_format:suite_bin_to_map(Cipher)).
+    ssl_cipher_format:suite_map_to_openssl_str(Cipher).
 
 
 maybe_use_ssl(App) ->