1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_strex.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_strex.c
index 8dab29dca1..7ddb7662f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_strex.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_strex.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ int ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, ASN1_STRING *in)
 {
         ASN1_STRING stmp, *str = &stmp;
         int mbflag, type, ret;
-        if(!*out || !in) return -1;
+        if(!in) return -1;
         type = in->type;
         if((type < 0) || (type > 30)) return -1;
         mbflag = tag2nbyte[type];
@@ -553,6 +553,6 @@ int ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, ASN1_STRING *in)
         stmp.data = NULL;
         ret = ASN1_mbstring_copy(&str, in->data, in->length, mbflag, B_ASN1_UTF8STRING);
         if(ret < 0) return ret;
-        if(out) *out = stmp.data;
+        *out = stmp.data;
         return stmp.length;
 }