1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ui/ui_lib.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ui/ui_lib.c
index 27c7e5126f..32a56e581b 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ui/ui_lib.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ui/ui_lib.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ui_lib.c,v 1.35 2020/09/24 19:22:18 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ui_lib.c,v 1.36 2020/09/24 19:24:45 tb Exp $ */
 /* Written by Richard Levitte (richard@levitte.org) for the OpenSSL
  * project 2001.
  */
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ static int
 allocate_string_stack(UI *ui)
 {
         if (ui->strings == NULL) {
-                ui->strings = sk_UI_STRING_new_null();
-                if (ui->strings == NULL) {
+                if ((ui->strings = sk_UI_STRING_new_null()) == NULL) {
+                        UIerror(ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
                         return -1;
                 }
         }