1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c
index f3cce8b536..058a3ccc5f 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ c2i_ASN1_BIT_STRING(ASN1_BIT_STRING **a, const unsigned char **pp, long len)
                 s = NULL;
 
         ret->length = (int)len;
-        if (ret->data != NULL)
-                free(ret->data);
+        free(ret->data);
         ret->data = s;
         ret->type = V_ASN1_BIT_STRING;
         if (a != NULL)