diff --git a/cpr/session.cpp b/cpr/session.cpp
index 4c16c47ee..bc3d405da 100644
--- a/cpr/session.cpp
+++ b/cpr/session.cpp
@@ -193,21 +193,6 @@ void Session::prepareCommonShared() {
     }
 #endif
 
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071900 // 7.25.0
-
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x074700 // 7.71.0
-    // Fix loading certs from Windows cert store when using OpenSSL:
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA);
-#endif
-
-// Ensure SSL no revoke is still set
-#if SUPPORT_SSL_NO_REVOKE
-    if (sslNoRevoke_) {
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE);
-    }
-#endif
-#endif
-
     curl_->error[0] = '\0';
 
     // Clear the response
@@ -523,12 +508,21 @@ void Session::SetSslOptions(const SslOptions& options) {
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION,
                      // Ignore here since this has been defined by libcurl.
                      maxTlsVersion);
+
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE (google-runtime-int)
+    long curlSslOptions = 0;
 #if SUPPORT_SSL_NO_REVOKE
     sslNoRevoke_ = options.ssl_no_revoke;
     if (options.ssl_no_revoke) {
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE);
+        curlSslOptions |= CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE;
     }
 #endif
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x074700 // 7.71.0
+    // Fix loading certs from Windows cert store when using OpenSSL:
+    curlSslOptions |= CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA;
+#endif
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, curlSslOptions);
+
     if (!options.ca_info.empty()) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl_->handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, options.ca_info.c_str());
     }