diff --git a/src/tls.c b/src/tls.c
index 28a74df9a..a62f2284e 100644
--- a/src/tls.c
+++ b/src/tls.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int tlsConfigure(redisTLSContextConfig *ctx_config) {
     SSL_CTX_set_ecdh_auto(ctx, 1);
 #endif
 
-    if (SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, ctx_config->cert_file, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) <= 0) {
+    if (SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file(ctx, ctx_config->cert_file) <= 0) {
         ERR_error_string_n(ERR_get_error(), errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
         serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Failed to load certificate: %s: %s", ctx_config->cert_file, errbuf);
         goto error;
diff --git a/tests/integration/psync2-pingoff.tcl b/tests/integration/psync2-pingoff.tcl
index 5a9a46d16..cdecfc5c6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/psync2-pingoff.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/psync2-pingoff.tcl
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ start_server {} {
         # make sure replication is still alive and kicking
         $R(1) incr x
         wait_for_condition 50 1000 {
+            [status $R(0) loading] == 0 &&
             [$R(0) get x] == 1
         } else {
             fail "replica didn't get incr"