diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index a0345e5d..588f3cc1 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	// It defaults to 10 seconds.
 	WriteTimeout time.Duration
 	// a TLS configuration to connect to TLS (RTSPS) servers.
-	// It defaults to &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify:true}
+	// It defaults to nil.
 	TLSConfig *tls.Config
 	// disable being redirected to other servers, that can happen during Describe().
 	// It defaults to false.
@@ -259,9 +259,6 @@ func (c *Client) Start(scheme string, host string) error {
 	if c.WriteTimeout == 0 {
 		c.WriteTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 	}
-	if c.TLSConfig == nil {
-		c.TLSConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
-	}
 	if c.InitialUDPReadTimeout == 0 {
 		c.InitialUDPReadTimeout = 3 * time.Second
 	}
@@ -824,9 +821,16 @@ func (c *Client) connOpen() error {
 
 	conn := func() net.Conn {
 		if c.scheme == "rtsps" {
+			tlsConfig := c.TLSConfig
+
+			if tlsConfig == nil {
+				tlsConfig = &tls.Config{}
+			}
+
 			host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(c.host)
-			c.TLSConfig.ServerName = host
-			return tls.Client(nconn, c.TLSConfig)
+			tlsConfig.ServerName = host
+
+			return tls.Client(nconn, tlsConfig)
 		}
 		return nconn
 	}()
diff --git a/client_read_test.go b/client_read_test.go
index fdaf7ca3..1dc4b663 100644
--- a/client_read_test.go
+++ b/client_read_test.go
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ func TestClientRead(t *testing.T) {
 			counter := 0
 
 			c := &Client{
+				TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
+					InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+				},
 				Transport: func() *Transport {
 					switch transport {
 					case "udp":
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index d06ab648..2a93295a 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ func TestClientTLSSetServerName(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = c.Start(u.Scheme, u.Host)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer c.Close()
 
 	_, err = c.Options(u)
-	require.EqualError(t, err, "x509: certificate relies on legacy Common Name field, use SANs instead")
+	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	<-serverDone
 }