1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/txt_db/txt_db.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/txt_db/txt_db.c
index e6334d6add..9b186f2da5 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/txt_db/txt_db.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/txt_db/txt_db.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ TXT_DB *TXT_DB_read(BIO *in, int num)
                 else
                         {
                         buf->data[offset-1]='\0'; /* blat the '\n' */
-                        p=(char *)OPENSSL_malloc(add+offset);
+                        if (!(p=(char *)OPENSSL_malloc(add+offset))) goto err;
                         offset=0;
                         }
                 pp=(char **)p;