diff --git a/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java b/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java
index 4f8fb86..c6980a4 100644
--- a/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java
+++ b/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java
@@ -662,9 +662,9 @@
                 SSLContext sslcontext = this.sslcontext;
                 if (sslcontext == null) {
                     if (systemProperties) {
-                        sslcontext = SSLContexts.createDefault();
-                    } else {
                         sslcontext = SSLContexts.createSystemDefault();
+                    } else {
+                        sslcontext = SSLContexts.createDefault();
                     }
                 }
                 final String[] supportedProtocols = systemProperties ? split(