1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/md5/md5_one.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/md5/md5_one.c
index c5dd2d81db..44c6c455d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/md5/md5_one.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/md5/md5_one.c
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ unsigned char *MD5(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n, unsigned char *md)
         static unsigned char m[MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH];
 
         if (md == NULL) md=m;
-        MD5_Init(&c);
+        if (!MD5_Init(&c))
+                return NULL;
 #ifndef CHARSET_EBCDIC
         MD5_Update(&c,d,n);
 #else