The present disclosure presents a method, and an apparatus implementing the method, for a power semiconductor switch, wherein a current through the switch is responsive to a control terminal voltage at a control terminal of the switch, and the control terminal voltage is driven by a driver unit, The method comprises estimating the current on the basis of a bond voltage of the switch, detecting a short circuit by comparing the estimated current to a short circuit current limit, controlling an on-state voltage level of the control terminal voltage on the basis of the comparison in order to limit the current through the switch during the short circuit, and controlling the control terminal voltage to an off-state voltage level in order to turn the switch off. The on-state voltage level voltage is controlled by pulse-width modulating the output of the driver unit. A switching frequency of the modulation is at least the cut-off frequency of low-pass characteristics of the control terminal.