diff --git a/include/mbedtls/check_config.h b/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
index 2280caba7..8dadbe1c5 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE) && \
-    ( !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_HELLO_VERIFY) || !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C) )
+    !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_HELLO_VERIFY)
 #error "MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE  defined, but not all prerequisites"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/config.h b/include/mbedtls/config.h
index 381e82b11..9fdac600f 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/config.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/config.h
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@
  * flag enables that support.
  *
  * Requires: MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_HELLO_VERIFY
- *           MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C
  *
  * Comment this to disable support for clients reusing the source port.
  */
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index b631e2609..66745d5af 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -3250,7 +3250,7 @@ void mbedtls_ssl_dtls_replay_update( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_ANTI_REPLAY */
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE)
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE) && defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C)
 /* Forward declaration */
 static int ssl_session_reset_int( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl, int partial );
 
@@ -3437,7 +3437,7 @@ static int ssl_handle_possible_reconnect( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 
     return( ret );
 }
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE */
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE && MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C */
 
 /*
  * ContentType type;
@@ -3533,7 +3533,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_record_header( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
                                         "expected %d, received %d",
                                         ssl->in_epoch, rec_epoch ) );
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE)
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE) && defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C)
             /*
              * Check for an epoch 0 ClientHello. We can't use in_msg here to
              * access the first byte of record content (handshake type), as we
@@ -3551,7 +3551,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_record_header( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
                 return( ssl_handle_possible_reconnect( ssl ) );
             }
             else
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE */
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE && MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C */
                 return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_RECORD );
         }