1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_convert.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_convert.c
index cebb02b0e7..a151850f46 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_convert.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_convert.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ec_convert.c,v 1.5 2024/10/30 20:00:13 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ec_convert.c,v 1.6 2024/10/31 05:03:57 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Originally written by Bodo Moeller for the OpenSSL project.
  */
@@ -374,11 +374,11 @@ ec_point_to_octets(const EC_GROUP *group, const EC_POINT *point, int form,
         size_t len = 0;
         int ret = 0;
 
+        *out_len = 0;
+
         if (out_buf != NULL && *out_buf != NULL)
                 goto err;
 
-        *out_len = 0;
-
         if ((len = EC_POINT_point2oct(group, point, form, NULL, 0, ctx)) == 0)
                 goto err;