1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_alt.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_alt.c
index a7c1a8c6a1..9dbca9d1e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_alt.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_alt.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: x509_alt.c,v 1.5 2021/10/28 10:58:23 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: x509_alt.c,v 1.6 2022/02/11 17:37:54 tb Exp $ */
 /* Written by Dr Stephen N Henson (steve@openssl.org) for the OpenSSL
  * project.
  */
@@ -686,7 +686,8 @@ v2i_GENERAL_NAME_ex(GENERAL_NAME *out, const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *method,
         }
         return ret;
  err:
-        GENERAL_NAME_free(ret);
+        if (out == NULL)
+                GENERAL_NAME_free(ret);
         return NULL;
 }