diff --git a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Factory.cpp b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Factory.cpp
index 9956fad29a0cc..6cea0ee37ed09 100644
--- a/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Factory.cpp
+++ b/TAO/orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Factory.cpp
@@ -548,16 +548,15 @@ TAO::SSLIOP::Protocol_Factory::init (int argc, ACE_TCHAR* argv[])
         {
           this->check_host_ = true;
         }
-      else if (ACE_OS::strcasecmp(argv[curarg],
-                                  ACE_TEXT("-SSLEcName")) == 0)
-      {
-          curarg++;
+      else if (ACE_OS::strcasecmp (argv[curarg],
+                                   ACE_TEXT ("-SSLEcName")) == 0)
+        {
+          ++curarg;
           if (curarg < argc)
-          {
+            {
               ec_name = static_cast<const char *>(ACE_TEXT_ALWAYS_CHAR(argv[curarg]));
-          }
-      }
-
+            }
+        }
     }
 
   if (pem_passwd_.length() > 0)
@@ -740,50 +739,53 @@ TAO::SSLIOP::Protocol_Factory::init (int argc, ACE_TCHAR* argv[])
         }
     }
 
-  if (ec_name.in() != 0)
-  {
-      int ec_nid = OBJ_sn2nid(ec_name.in());
+  if (ec_name.in ())
+    {
+#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_EC
+      ORBSVCS_ERROR ((LM_ERROR,
+                      ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to apply -SSLEcName ")
+                      ACE_TEXT ("due to lack of EC support in OpenSSL\n")));
+      return -1;
+#else
+      int const ec_nid = OBJ_sn2nid (ec_name.in ());
 
       if (ec_nid == NID_undef)
-      {
-          ORBSVCS_ERROR((LM_ERROR,
-                         ACE_TEXT("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to obtain ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("EC NID for <%C> ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("in SSLIOP factory.\n"),
-                         ec_name.in()));
+        {
+          ORBSVCS_ERROR ((LM_ERROR,
+                          ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to obtain ")
+                          ACE_TEXT ("EC NID for <%C> in SSLIOP factory.\n"),
+                          ec_name.in ()));
           return -1;
-      }
+        }
 
-      EC_KEY *ecdh = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(ec_nid);
+      EC_KEY *const ecdh = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name (ec_nid);
       if (!ecdh)
-      {
-          ORBSVCS_ERROR((LM_ERROR,
-                         ACE_TEXT("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to set ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("Curve Name ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("<%C> in SSLIOP factory.\n"),
-                         ec_name.in()));
+        {
+          ORBSVCS_ERROR ((LM_ERROR,
+                          ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to set Curve Name ")
+                          ACE_TEXT ("<%C> in SSLIOP factory.\n"),
+                          ec_name.in ()));
           return -1;
-      }
+        }
 
-      if (1 != ::SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh(ssl_ctx->context(), ecdh))
-      {
-          ORBSVCS_ERROR((LM_ERROR,
-                         ACE_TEXT("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to set ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("temp ECDH ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("<%C> in SSLIOP factory.\n"),
-                         ec_name.in()));
+      if (1 != ::SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh (ssl_ctx->context (), ecdh))
+        {
+          ORBSVCS_ERROR ((LM_ERROR,
+                          ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) - Unable to set temp ECDH ")
+                          ACE_TEXT ("<%C> in SSLIOP factory.\n"),
+                          ec_name.in ()));
           return -1;
-      }
+        }
 
-      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
-      {
-          ORBSVCS_DEBUG((LM_INFO,
-                         ACE_TEXT("TAO (%P|%t) - SSLIOP set ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("EC Curve Name ")
-                         ACE_TEXT("to <%C>\n"),
-                         ec_name.in()));
-      }
-  }
+      if (TAO_debug_level)
+        {
+          ORBSVCS_DEBUG ((LM_INFO,
+                          ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) - SSLIOP set EC Curve Name ")
+                          ACE_TEXT ("to <%C>\n"),
+                          ec_name.in ()));
+        }
+#endif
+    }
 
   if (this->register_orb_initializer () != 0)
     return -1;