1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_v3.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_v3.c
index b0a30db2e8..76e9777c25 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_v3.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_v3.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: x509_v3.c,v 1.34 2024/07/12 08:58:59 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: x509_v3.c,v 1.35 2024/07/12 09:25:43 tb Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -188,18 +188,14 @@ X509_EXTENSION *
 X509_EXTENSION_create_by_NID(X509_EXTENSION **ext, int nid, int crit,
     ASN1_OCTET_STRING *data)
 {
-        ASN1_OBJECT *obj;
-        X509_EXTENSION *ret;
+        const ASN1_OBJECT *obj;
 
-        obj = OBJ_nid2obj(nid);
-        if (obj == NULL) {
+        if ((obj = OBJ_nid2obj(nid)) == NULL) {
                 X509error(X509_R_UNKNOWN_NID);
                 return NULL;
         }
-        ret = X509_EXTENSION_create_by_OBJ(ext, obj, crit, data);
-        if (ret == NULL)
-                ASN1_OBJECT_free(obj);
-        return ret;
+
+        return X509_EXTENSION_create_by_OBJ(ext, obj, crit, data);
 }
 LCRYPTO_ALIAS(X509_EXTENSION_create_by_NID);