1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c
index 0f60a11c77..c2ef47aa0f 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: x509_policy.c,v 1.18 2023/04/28 15:21:22 tb Exp $ */
+/*      $OpenBSD: x509_policy.c,v 1.19 2023/04/28 15:27:15 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2022, Google Inc.
  *
@@ -899,7 +899,8 @@ X509_policy_check(const STACK_OF(X509) *certs,
                 is_self_issued = (cert->ex_flags & EXFLAG_SI) != 0;
 
                 if (level == NULL) {
-                        assert(i == num_certs - 2);
+                        if (i != num_certs - 2)
+                                goto err;
                         level = x509_policy_level_new();
                         if (level == NULL)
                                 goto err;