1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/openssl.c b/src/openssl.c
index f0d2a38..0d0208e 100644
--- a/src/openssl.c
+++ b/src/openssl.c
@@ -3212,8 +3212,6 @@ static int pk_new(lua_State *L) {
         /* #1 table or key; if key, #2 format and #3 type */
         lua_settop(L, 3);
 
-        ud = prepsimple(L, PKEY_CLASS);
-
         if (lua_istable(L, 1) || lua_isnil(L, 1)) {
                 int type = EVP_PKEY_RSA;
                 unsigned bits = 1024;
@@ -3255,7 +3253,7 @@ static int pk_new(lua_State *L) {
                                 bits = (unsigned)n;
                         }
 
-                        if (!getfield(L, 1, "exp")) {
+                        if (getfield(L, 1, "exp")) {
                                 exp = checkbig(L, -1);
                         } else {
                                 /* default to 65537 */
@@ -3290,6 +3288,8 @@ static int pk_new(lua_State *L) {
                 }
 
 creat:
+                ud = prepsimple(L, PKEY_CLASS);
+
                 if (!(*ud = EVP_PKEY_new()))
                         return auxL_error(L, auxL_EOPENSSL, "pkey.new");
 
@@ -3430,6 +3430,8 @@ creat:
 
                 data = luaL_checklstring(L, 1, &len);
 
+                ud = prepsimple(L, PKEY_CLASS);
+
                 if (!(bio = BIO_new_mem_buf((void *)data, len)))
                         return auxL_error(L, auxL_EOPENSSL, "pkey.new");