diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index 33c93bad3..a9a0f5f8c 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -716,8 +716,10 @@ static void spawn_ssl_client(const char *host, int network_fd, int flags)
 	int pid;
 	char *servername, *p;
 
-	if (!(option_mask32 & WGET_OPT_NO_CHECK_CERT))
+	if (!(option_mask32 & WGET_OPT_NO_CHECK_CERT)) {
 		bb_error_msg("note: TLS certificate validation not implemented");
+		option_mask32 |= WGET_OPT_NO_CHECK_CERT;
+	}
 
 	servername = xstrdup(host);
 	p = strrchr(servername, ':');