1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_x509attr.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_x509attr.c
index 576ad4c40a..f03302d352 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_x509attr.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_x509attr.c
@@ -91,12 +91,13 @@ ossl_x509attr_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
     X509_ATTRIBUTE *attr;
     unsigned char *p;
 
+    GetX509Attr(self, attr);
     if(rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &oid, &value) == 1){
-	GetX509Attr(self, attr);
 	oid = ossl_to_der_if_possible(oid);
 	StringValue(oid);
 	p = RSTRING(oid)->ptr;
-	if(!d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE(&attr, &p, RSTRING(oid)->len)){
+	if(!d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE((X509_ATTRIBUTE**)&DATA_PTR(self),
+			       &p, RSTRING(oid)->len)){
 	    ossl_raise(eX509AttrError, NULL);
 	}
 	return self;