diff --git a/Csocket.cpp b/Csocket.cpp
index afec535e..2a00f58d 100644
--- a/Csocket.cpp
+++ b/Csocket.cpp
@@ -2116,10 +2116,15 @@ int Csock::GetPending()
 		// returns an int, they don't bother returning in error to notify us, so basically
 		// we have to always clear errors here generated by SSL_pending, otherwise the stack could
 		// have a lame error on it causing SSL_write to fail in certain instances.
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908
 		ERR_set_mark();
 		int iBytes = SSL_pending( m_ssl );
 		ERR_pop_to_mark();
 		return( iBytes );
+#else 
+		int iBytes = SSL_pending( m_ssl );
+		ERR_clear_error(); // to get safer handling, upgrade your openssl version!
+#endif /* OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER */
 	}
 	else
 		return( 0 );