1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509name.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509name.c
index cf2382d42c..4c20e03ece 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509name.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509name.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ int X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data(X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, int type,
         int i;
 
         if ((ne == NULL) || ((bytes == NULL) && (len != 0))) return(0);
-        if(type & MBSTRING_FLAG) 
+        if((type > 0) && (type & MBSTRING_FLAG)) 
                 return ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID(&ne->value, bytes,
                                                 len, type,
                                         OBJ_obj2nid(ne->object)) ? 1 : 0;