1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libssl/src/apps/openssl.c b/src/lib/libssl/src/apps/openssl.c
index 9f01e3c576..008bbdc08b 100644
--- a/src/lib/libssl/src/apps/openssl.c
+++ b/src/lib/libssl/src/apps/openssl.c
@@ -258,8 +258,13 @@ main(int Argc, char *ARGV[])
         p = getenv("OPENSSL_CONF");
         if (p == NULL)
                 p = getenv("SSLEAY_CONF");
-        if (p == NULL)
+        if (p == NULL) {
                 p = to_free = make_config_name();
+                if (p == NULL) {
+                        BIO_printf(bio_err, "error making config file name\n");
+                        goto end;
+                }
+        }
 
         default_config_file = p;