1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c
index df915e2dfd..f8b22fc372 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c
@@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ X509_PUBKEY_set0_param(X509_PUBKEY *pub, ASN1_OBJECT *aobj, int ptype,
         if (!X509_ALGOR_set0(pub->algor, aobj, ptype, pval))
                 return 0;
         if (penc) {
-                if (pub->public_key->data)
-                        free(pub->public_key->data);
+                free(pub->public_key->data);
                 pub->public_key->data = penc;
                 pub->public_key->length = penclen;
                 /* Set number of unused bits to zero */