ensure the pointer is valid before using it

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apps/ts.c b/apps/ts.c
index 0083f9a1e1..f0923360a7 100644
--- a/apps/ts.c
+++ b/apps/ts.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,8 @@ static TS_VERIFY_CTX *create_verify_ctx(char *data, char *digest,
 		if (!(request = d2i_TS_REQ_bio(input, NULL))) goto err;
 		if (!(ctx = TS_REQ_to_TS_VERIFY_CTX(request, NULL))) goto err;
 		}
+	else
+		return NULL;
 
 	/* Add the signature verification flag and arguments. */
 	ctx->flags |= TS_VFY_SIGNATURE;