diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index ad1587e0f63..267c75a5d65 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -38436,13 +38436,21 @@ static int AddPSKtoPreMasterSecret(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 
 #if defined(HAVE_TLS_EXTENSIONS) && defined(HAVE_ENCRYPT_THEN_MAC) && \
     !defined(WOLFSSL_AEAD_ONLY)
-            if (ssl->options.encThenMac && ssl->specs.cipher_type == block) {
-                ret = TLSX_EncryptThenMac_Respond(ssl);
-                if (ret != 0)
-                    goto out;
+            /* Only respond to ETM here when resumption actually succeeded;
+             * HandleTlsResumption populates ssl->specs via SetCipherSpecs only
+             * on the success path. If resumption failed, resuming has been
+             * cleared and ssl->specs.cipher_type is still zero-initialized,
+             * so we must defer the ETM decision until after MatchSuite. */
+            if (ssl->options.resuming) {
+                if (ssl->options.encThenMac &&
+                                          ssl->specs.cipher_type == block) {
+                    ret = TLSX_EncryptThenMac_Respond(ssl);
+                    if (ret != 0)
+                        goto out;
+                }
+                else
+                    ssl->options.encThenMac = 0;
             }
-            else
-                ssl->options.encThenMac = 0;
 #endif
             if (ssl->options.clientState == CLIENT_KEYEXCHANGE_COMPLETE) {
                 WOLFSSL_LEAVE("DoClientHello", ret);
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.c b/tests/api/test_tls.c
index 565006171bc..1637b19c7db 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.c
@@ -730,6 +730,95 @@ int test_tls12_no_null_compression(void)
  * uppercase names like "SECP384R1" do not match the lowercase "secp384r1"
  * entry; they fall through to the wolfCrypt ECC look-up which uses
  * XSTRCASECMP. */
+/* Regression test for the encrypt-then-MAC silent-disable bug.
+ *
+ * Before the fix, when a client sent a 32-byte session ID in its ClientHello
+ * (so the server set ssl->options.resuming = 1) but the server's session
+ * cache did not contain that session, DoClientHello would run an
+ * encrypt_then_mac decision *before* MatchSuite/SetCipherSpecs had populated
+ * ssl->specs.cipher_type.  Because cipher_type was zero-initialized
+ * (== stream, not block), the ETM block cleared encThenMac to 0, and the
+ * post-MatchSuite block could not re-enable it.  The connection then
+ * silently negotiated MAC-then-encrypt instead of encrypt-then-MAC.
+ *
+ * This test forces a stale-resumption ClientHello against a server with an
+ * empty session cache, using a CBC-mode cipher suite, and asserts that the
+ * server still negotiates encrypt-then-MAC. */
+int test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12) && defined(HAVE_ENCRYPT_THEN_MAC) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSL_AEAD_ONLY) && !defined(NO_RSA) && !defined(NO_AES) && \
+    defined(HAVE_AES_CBC) && !defined(NO_SHA256) && \
+    defined(HAVE_SESSION_TICKET) && defined(HAVE_ECC)
+    /* TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 - a CBC suite, where ETM applies. */
+    const char* cbcSuite = "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256";
+    WOLFSSL_CTX *ctx_c = NULL, *ctx_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_c = NULL, *ssl_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL_SESSION *sess = NULL;
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+
+    /* First handshake: establish a session-ID-based session on the client.
+     * Disable TLS 1.2 session tickets on both sides so resumption uses the
+     * session ID path (not tickets), which is the path the bug lives on. */
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfTLSv1_2_client_method, wolfTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_NoTicketTLSv12(ssl_c), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_NoTicketTLSv12(ssl_s), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_c, cbcSuite), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_s, cbcSuite), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c, ssl_s, 10, NULL), 0);
+    /* Sanity: the first handshake itself must use ETM. */
+    ExpectIntEQ(ssl_s->options.encThenMac, 1);
+    ExpectNotNull(sess = wolfSSL_get1_session(ssl_c));
+
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c); ssl_c = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s); ssl_s = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c); ctx_c = NULL;
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s); ctx_s = NULL;
+
+    /* Second handshake against a *fresh* server context (empty cache).  The
+     * client offers the saved session, so the server's ClientHello parser
+     * sets options.resuming = 1, but HandleTlsResumption then fails to find
+     * the session and clears resuming.  Pre-fix, ETM was silently dropped
+     * here. */
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, &ctx_c, &ctx_s, &ssl_c, &ssl_s,
+                    wolfTLSv1_2_client_method, wolfTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    /* The internal session cache is process-global, so the saved session is
+     * still findable via the cache.  Disable lookups on this server SSL
+     * directly so that HandleTlsResumption hits its "session lookup failed"
+     * path - exactly the scenario the bug fix targets. */
+    if (ssl_s != NULL)
+        ssl_s->options.sessionCacheOff = 1;
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_NoTicketTLSv12(ssl_c), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_NoTicketTLSv12(ssl_s), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_c, cbcSuite), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_cipher_list(ssl_s, cbcSuite), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_session(ssl_c, sess), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_do_handshake(ssl_c, ssl_s, 10, NULL), 0);
+    if (ssl_s != NULL) {
+        /* The server should NOT have actually resumed (fresh ctx, empty
+         * cache). */
+        ExpectIntEQ(ssl_s->options.resuming, 0);
+        /* And - the regression check - encrypt-then-MAC must still be
+         * active. */
+        ExpectIntEQ(ssl_s->options.encThenMac, 1);
+    }
+    if (ssl_c != NULL)
+        ExpectIntEQ(ssl_c->options.encThenMac, 1);
+
+    wolfSSL_SESSION_free(sess);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_c);
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_c);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
 int test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback(void)
 {
     EXPECT_DECLS;
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.h b/tests/api/test_tls.h
index 46d54043446..9d28a599ac7 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ int test_tls13_curve_intersection(void);
 int test_tls_certreq_order(void);
 int test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg(void);
 int test_tls12_no_null_compression(void);
+int test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption(void);
 int test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback(void);
 
 #define TEST_TLS_DECLS                                                         \
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ int test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback(void);
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls_certreq_order),                        \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg),                     \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_no_null_compression),                \
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_etm_failed_resumption),              \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls_set_curves_list_ecc_fallback)
 
 #endif /* TESTS_API_TEST_TLS_H */