1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_key.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_key.c
index 1aef634349..662a7c0f49 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_key.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_key.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ec_key.c,v 1.46 2024/11/08 22:10:18 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ec_key.c,v 1.47 2024/11/15 08:49:07 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Written by Nils Larsch for the OpenSSL project.
  */
@@ -150,12 +150,9 @@ EC_KEY_copy(EC_KEY *dest, const EC_KEY *src)
                 }
         }
 
-        /*
-         * XXX - if there's no priv_key on src, dest retains its probably
-         * invalid priv_key. This makes no sense. Can we change this?
-         */
+        BN_free(dest->priv_key);
+        dest->priv_key = NULL;
         if (src->priv_key != NULL) {
-                BN_free(dest->priv_key);
                 if ((dest->priv_key = BN_dup(src->priv_key)) == NULL)
                         return NULL;
         }