diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index ce93417d73..ceae9b9a3e 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -4571,6 +4571,9 @@ void mbedtls_ssl_session_free(mbedtls_ssl_session *session)
 #endif
 
     mbedtls_platform_zeroize(session, sizeof(mbedtls_ssl_session));
+
+    /* Set verify_result to -1u to indicate 'result not available'. */
+    session->verify_result = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_CONTEXT_SERIALIZATION)
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
index f002f468e9..06fc4b3032 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
@@ -6067,6 +6067,16 @@ void verify_result_without_handshake(void)
 
     TEST_EQUAL(verify_result, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
+    /* Set the verify result manually and check that session_free resets it. */
+
+    /* Set the verify result to 0. */
+    ssl.session_negotiate->verify_result = 0;
+
+    mbedtls_ssl_session_free(ssl.session_negotiate);
+
+    verify_result = mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result(&ssl);
+    TEST_EQUAL(verify_result, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+
 exit:
     mbedtls_ssl_config_free(&conf);
     mbedtls_ssl_free(&ssl);