1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c
index 7c23bb4909..d864875266 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: dsa_ossl.c,v 1.33 2018/06/13 18:01:04 jsing Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: dsa_ossl.c,v 1.34 2018/06/14 17:14:12 jsing Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ dsa_do_sign(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen, DSA *dsa)
         if (!BN_mod_mul(s, s, kinv, dsa->q, ctx))
                 goto err;
 
-        ret = DSA_SIG_new();
-        if (ret == NULL)
-                goto err;
         /*
          * Redo if r or s is zero as required by FIPS 186-3: this is very
          * unlikely.
@@ -160,6 +157,11 @@ dsa_do_sign(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen, DSA *dsa)
                 }
                 goto redo;
         }
+
+        if ((ret = DSA_SIG_new()) == NULL) {
+                reason = ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE;
+                goto err;
+        }
         ret->r = r;
         ret->s = s;