1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_string.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_string.c
index 90e363e9c7..9086d3bec8 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_string.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_string.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: a_string.c,v 1.7 2022/03/17 17:17:58 jsing Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: a_string.c,v 1.8 2022/05/16 20:41:24 tb Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ ASN1_STRING_print(BIO *bp, const ASN1_STRING *astr)
 int
 ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, const ASN1_STRING *in)
 {
-        ASN1_STRING stmp, *str = &stmp;
+        ASN1_STRING stmp = { 0 };
+        ASN1_STRING *str = &stmp;
         int mbflag, ret;
 
         if (in == NULL)
@@ -287,8 +288,6 @@ ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, const ASN1_STRING *in)
 
         mbflag |= MBSTRING_FLAG;
 
-        stmp.data = NULL;
-        stmp.length = 0;
         ret = ASN1_mbstring_copy(&str, in->data, in->length, mbflag,
             B_ASN1_UTF8STRING);
         if (ret < 0)