1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
index b1fb5886c4..aa97bc8f4e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: tasn_dec.c,v 1.42 2021/12/09 16:56:15 jsing Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: tasn_dec.c,v 1.43 2021/12/09 16:58:44 jsing Exp $ */
 /* Written by Dr Stephen N Henson (steve@openssl.org) for the OpenSSL
  * project 2000.
  */
@@ -1020,6 +1020,11 @@ asn1_collect(BUF_MEM *buf, const unsigned char **in, long len, char inf,
         long plen;
         char cst, ininf;
 
+        if (depth > ASN1_MAX_STRING_NEST) {
+                ASN1error(ASN1_R_NESTED_ASN1_STRING);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         p = *in;
         inf &= 1;
 
@@ -1045,10 +1050,6 @@ asn1_collect(BUF_MEM *buf, const unsigned char **in, long len, char inf,
 
                 /* If indefinite length constructed update max length */
                 if (cst) {
-                        if (depth >= ASN1_MAX_STRING_NEST) {
-                                ASN1error(ASN1_R_NESTED_ASN1_STRING);
-                                return 0;
-                        }
                         if (!asn1_collect(buf, &p, plen, ininf, tag, aclass,
                             depth + 1))
                                 return 0;