1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ripemd/rmd_one.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ripemd/rmd_one.c
index f8b580c33a..b88446b267 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ripemd/rmd_one.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ripemd/rmd_one.c
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ unsigned char *RIPEMD160(const unsigned char *d, unsigned long n,
         static unsigned char m[RIPEMD160_DIGEST_LENGTH];
 
         if (md == NULL) md=m;
-        RIPEMD160_Init(&c);
+        if (!RIPEMD160_Init(&c))
+                return NULL;
         RIPEMD160_Update(&c,d,n);
         RIPEMD160_Final(md,&c);
         OPENSSL_cleanse(&c,sizeof(c)); /* security consideration */