--- a/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ _hashlib_get_fips_mode_impl(PyObject *mo
     return EVP_default_properties_is_fips_enabled(NULL);
 #else
     ERR_clear_error();
-    int result = FIPS_mode();
+    int result = 0;
     if (result == 0) {
         // "If the library was built without support of the FIPS Object Module,
         // then the function will return 0 with an error code of