1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509v3/v3_alt.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509v3/v3_alt.c
index ac3139d1e6..75fda7f268 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509v3/v3_alt.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509v3/v3_alt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* v3_alt.c */
-/* Written by Dr Stephen N Henson (shenson@bigfoot.com) for the OpenSSL
+/* Written by Dr Stephen N Henson (steve@openssl.org) for the OpenSSL
  * project.
  */
 /* ====================================================================
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@ GENERAL_NAME *v2i_GENERAL_NAME_ex(GENERAL_NAME *out,
         return gen;
 
         err:
-        GENERAL_NAME_free(gen);
+        if (!out)
+                GENERAL_NAME_free(gen);
         return NULL;
         }