1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_int.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_int.c
index 3348b8762c..ad0d2506f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_int.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_int.c
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ long ASN1_INTEGER_get(const ASN1_INTEGER *a)
         
         if (a->length > (int)sizeof(long))
                 {
-                /* hmm... a bit ugly */
-                return(0xffffffffL);
+                /* hmm... a bit ugly, return all ones */
+                return -1;
                 }
         if (a->data == NULL)
                 return 0;