1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c
index 32ee4e9f4f..c8f9447e4f 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_policy.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: x509_policy.c,v 1.16 2023/04/28 09:56:09 tb Exp $ */
+/*      $OpenBSD: x509_policy.c,v 1.17 2023/04/28 15:16:48 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2022, Google Inc.
  *
@@ -203,9 +203,10 @@ x509_policy_node_free(X509_POLICY_NODE *node)
 static X509_POLICY_NODE *
 x509_policy_node_new(const ASN1_OBJECT *policy)
 {
-        assert(!is_any_policy(policy));
-        X509_POLICY_NODE *node;
+        X509_POLICY_NODE *node = NULL;
 
+        if (is_any_policy(policy))
+                goto err;
         if ((node = calloc(1, sizeof(*node))) == NULL)
                 goto err;
         if ((node->policy = OBJ_dup(policy)) == NULL)