1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c
index 627ec87f9f..d42b6a2c54 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c
@@ -171,16 +171,7 @@ EVP_PKEY *X509_PUBKEY_get(X509_PUBKEY *key)
                 goto error;
                 }
 
-        /* Check to see if another thread set key->pkey first */
-        CRYPTO_w_lock(CRYPTO_LOCK_EVP_PKEY);
-        if (key->pkey)
-                {
-                EVP_PKEY_free(ret);
-                ret = key->pkey;
-                }
-        else
-                key->pkey = ret;
-        CRYPTO_w_unlock(CRYPTO_LOCK_EVP_PKEY);
+        key->pkey = ret;
         CRYPTO_add(&ret->references, 1, CRYPTO_LOCK_EVP_PKEY);
 
         return ret;