1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/threads/mttest.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/threads/mttest.c
index 7142e4edc7..c474a63c74 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/threads/mttest.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/threads/mttest.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ bad:
                 goto end;
                 }
 
-        if (cipher == NULL) cipher=getenv("SSL_CIPHER");
+        if (cipher == NULL && issetugid() == 0)
+                cipher=getenv("SSL_CIPHER");
 
         SSL_load_error_strings();
         OpenSSL_add_ssl_algorithms();