1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ex_data.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ex_data.c
index 1ee88da2a8..739e543d78 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ex_data.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ex_data.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int CRYPTO_get_ex_new_index(int idx, STACK_OF(CRYPTO_EX_DATA_FUNCS) **skp, long
         ret=idx;
 err:
         MemCheck_on();
-        return(idx);
+        return(ret);
         }
 
 int CRYPTO_set_ex_data(CRYPTO_EX_DATA *ad, int idx, void *val)