diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index 1956c6db318e0f..746f4614afbc38 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -532,10 +532,7 @@ int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain(SSL_CTX* ctx,
     // the CA certificates.
     int r;
 
-    if (ctx->extra_certs != nullptr) {
-      sk_X509_pop_free(ctx->extra_certs, X509_free);
-      ctx->extra_certs = nullptr;
-    }
+    SSL_CTX_clear_extra_chain_certs(ctx);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < sk_X509_num(extra_certs); i++) {
       X509* ca = sk_X509_value(extra_certs, i);