1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/evp/p_open.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/evp/p_open.c
index 6976f2a867..5a933d1cda 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/evp/p_open.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/evp/p_open.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int EVP_OpenInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type, unsigned char *ek,
 
         ret=1;
 err:
-        if (key != NULL) memset(key,0,size);
+        if (key != NULL) OPENSSL_cleanse(key,size);
         OPENSSL_free(key);
         return(ret);
         }