fix the ordering issue nodejs#36655 (comment)

lib/internal/tls/secure-context.js

@@ -144,6 +144,28 @@ function configSecureContext(context, options = kEmptyObject, name = 'options')
     ticketKeys,
   } = options;
 
+  if (ciphers !== undefined && ciphers !== null)
+    validateString(ciphers, `${name}.ciphers`);
+
+  // Work around an OpenSSL API quirk. cipherList is for TLSv1.2 and below,
+  // cipherSuites is for TLSv1.3 (and presumably any later versions). TLSv1.3
+  // cipher suites all have a standard name format beginning with TLS_, so split
+  // the ciphers and pass them to the appropriate API.
+  const {
+    cipherList,
+    cipherSuites,
+  } = processCiphers(ciphers, `${name}.ciphers`);
+
+  if (cipherSuites !== '')
+    context.setCipherSuites(cipherSuites);
+  context.setCiphers(cipherList);
+
+  if (cipherList === '' &&
+      context.getMinProto() < TLS1_3_VERSION &&
+      context.getMaxProto() > TLS1_2_VERSION) {
+    context.setMinProto(TLS1_3_VERSION);
+  }
+
   // Add CA before the cert to be able to load cert's issuer in C++ code.
   // NOTE(@jasnell): ca, cert, and key are permitted to be falsy, so do not
   // change the checks to !== undefined checks.
@@ -214,28 +236,6 @@ function configSecureContext(context, options = kEmptyObject, name = 'options')
     }
   }
 
-  if (ciphers !== undefined && ciphers !== null)
-    validateString(ciphers, `${name}.ciphers`);
-
-  // Work around an OpenSSL API quirk. cipherList is for TLSv1.2 and below,
-  // cipherSuites is for TLSv1.3 (and presumably any later versions). TLSv1.3
-  // cipher suites all have a standard name format beginning with TLS_, so split
-  // the ciphers and pass them to the appropriate API.
-  const {
-    cipherList,
-    cipherSuites,
-  } = processCiphers(ciphers, `${name}.ciphers`);
-
-  if (cipherSuites !== '')
-    context.setCipherSuites(cipherSuites);
-  context.setCiphers(cipherList);
-
-  if (cipherList === '' &&
-      context.getMinProto() < TLS1_3_VERSION &&
-      context.getMaxProto() > TLS1_2_VERSION) {
-    context.setMinProto(TLS1_3_VERSION);
-  }
-
   validateString(ecdhCurve, `${name}.ecdhCurve`);
   context.setECDHCurve(ecdhCurve);