1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/md4/md4_one.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/md4/md4_one.c
index 00565507e4..50f79352f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/md4/md4_one.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/md4/md4_one.c
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ unsigned char *MD4(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n, unsigned char *md)
         static unsigned char m[MD4_DIGEST_LENGTH];
 
         if (md == NULL) md=m;
-        MD4_Init(&c);
+        if (!MD4_Init(&c))
+                return NULL;
 #ifndef CHARSET_EBCDIC
         MD4_Update(&c,d,n);
 #else