diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index df9ed6afc8..3b0b85eed8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.5.0
 
+  *) mod_ssl: Fix quick renegotiation (OptRenegotiaton) with no intermediate
+     in the client certificate chain.  PR 55786.  [Yann Ylavic]
+
   *) mod_http2: adding support for intermediate responses.
      [Stefan Eissing]
 
diff --git a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c
index d1233ae092..985ae957a5 100644
--- a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c
+++ b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c
@@ -886,7 +886,14 @@ int ssl_hook_Access(request_rec *r)
 
             cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(ssl);
 
-            if (!cert_stack && cert) {
+            if (!cert_stack || (sk_X509_num(cert_stack) == 0)) {
+                if (!cert) {
+                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, APLOGNO(02222)
+                                  "Cannot find peer certificate chain");
+
+                    return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
+                }
+
                 /* client cert is in the session cache, but there is
                  * no chain, since ssl3_get_client_certificate()
                  * sk_X509_shift-ed the peer cert out of the chain.
@@ -896,13 +903,6 @@ int ssl_hook_Access(request_rec *r)
                 sk_X509_push(cert_stack, cert);
             }
 
-            if (!cert_stack || (sk_X509_num(cert_stack) == 0)) {
-                ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, APLOGNO(02222)
-                              "Cannot find peer certificate chain");
-
-                return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
-            }
-
             if (!(cert_store ||
                   (cert_store = SSL_CTX_get_cert_store(ctx))))
             {