1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c
index b04fa3c601..0998b41829 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: asn1_lib.c,v 1.46 2021/11/13 20:44:00 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: asn1_lib.c,v 1.47 2021/12/03 17:01:07 jsing Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -359,18 +359,15 @@ ASN1_STRING_new(void)
 ASN1_STRING *
 ASN1_STRING_type_new(int type)
 {
-        ASN1_STRING *ret;
+        ASN1_STRING *a;
 
-        ret = malloc(sizeof(ASN1_STRING));
-        if (ret == NULL) {
+        if ((a = calloc(1, sizeof(ASN1_STRING))) == NULL) {
                 ASN1error(ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
-                return (NULL);
+                return NULL;
         }
-        ret->length = 0;
-        ret->type = type;
-        ret->data = NULL;
-        ret->flags = 0;
-        return (ret);
+        a->type = type;
+
+        return a;
 }
 
 void