diff --git a/crypto/asn1/f_int.c b/crypto/asn1/f_int.c
index 51fc884b5e..ec556c92dc 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/f_int.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/f_int.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int a2i_ASN1_INTEGER(BIO *bp, ASN1_INTEGER *bs, char *buf, int size)
         bufp = (unsigned char *)buf;
         if (first) {
             first = 0;
-            if ((bufp[0] == '0') && (buf[1] == '0')) {
+            if ((bufp[0] == '0') && (bufp[1] == '0')) {
                 bufp += 2;
                 i -= 2;
             }