1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_lib.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_lib.c
index 36905d76cd..e92b86c060 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_lib.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_lib.c
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ int OCSP_parse_url(char *url, char **phost, char **pport, char **ppath, int *pss
 
         char *host, *port;
 
-        /* dup the buffer since we are going to mess with it */
-        buf = BUF_strdup(url);
-        if (!buf) goto mem_err;
-
         *phost = NULL;
         *pport = NULL;
         *ppath = NULL;
 
+        /* dup the buffer since we are going to mess with it */
+        buf = BUF_strdup(url);
+        if (!buf) goto mem_err;
+
         /* Check for initial colon */
         p = strchr(buf, ':');