diff --git a/src/sniffer.c b/src/sniffer.c
index d4c0e5d13..f0e1730d0 100644
--- a/src/sniffer.c
+++ b/src/sniffer.c
@@ -5718,7 +5718,7 @@ static int CheckSequence(IpInfo* ipInfo, TcpInfo* tcpInfo,
     if (session->sslServer->error == WC_PENDING_E &&
         session->pendSeq != tcpInfo->sequence) {
         /* this stream is processing, queue packet */
-        return WC_HW_WAIT_E;
+        return WC_PENDING_E;
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sslSniffer/sslSnifferTest/snifftest.c b/sslSniffer/sslSnifferTest/snifftest.c
index 9c4d20286..3c66a66be 100644
--- a/sslSniffer/sslSnifferTest/snifftest.c
+++ b/sslSniffer/sslSnifferTest/snifftest.c
@@ -867,9 +867,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             ret = ssl_DecodePacketAsync(chain, chainSz, isChain, &data, err,
                 &sslInfo, NULL);
 
-            /* WC_PENDING_E: Hardware is processing */
-            /* WC_HW_WAIT_E: Hardware is already processing stream */
-            if (ret == WC_PENDING_E || ret == WC_HW_WAIT_E) {
+            /* WC_PENDING_E: Hardware is processing or stream is blocked
+             *               (waiting on WC_PENDING_E) */
+            if (ret == WC_PENDING_E) {
                 /* add to queue, for later processing */
             #ifdef DEBUG_SNIFFER
                 printf("Steam is pending, queue packet %d\n", packetNumber);