1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/objects/obj_dat.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/objects/obj_dat.c
index b58e8cfe94..600c3a66a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/objects/obj_dat.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/objects/obj_dat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: obj_dat.c,v 1.75 2023/12/14 18:10:32 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: obj_dat.c,v 1.76 2023/12/14 18:12:51 tb Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -590,17 +590,17 @@ int
 OBJ_create(const char *oid, const char *sn, const char *ln)
 {
         ASN1_OBJECT *op = NULL;
-        unsigned char *buf;
+        unsigned char *buf = NULL;
         int len;
         int ret = 0;
 
         len = a2d_ASN1_OBJECT(NULL, 0, oid, -1);
         if (len <= 0)
-                return 0;
+                goto err;
 
         if ((buf = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
                 OBJerror(ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
-                return 0;
+                goto err;
         }
         len = a2d_ASN1_OBJECT(buf, len, oid, -1);
         if (len == 0)
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ OBJ_create(const char *oid, const char *sn, const char *ln)
  err:
         ASN1_OBJECT_free(op);
         free(buf);
+
         return ret;
 }
 LCRYPTO_ALIAS(OBJ_create);