diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 60e789008..a5c2ccac6 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -179,11 +179,7 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL int GetLength_ex(const byte* input, word32* inOutIdx, int* len,
     }
 
     b = input[idx++];
-    if (b == ASN_LONG_LENGTH) {
-        WOLFSSL_MSG("GetLength bad length length");
-        return ASN_PARSE_E;
-    }
-    else if (b > ASN_LONG_LENGTH) {
+    if (b >= ASN_LONG_LENGTH) {
         word32 bytes = b & 0x7F;
 
         if ((idx + bytes) > maxIdx) {   /* for reading bytes */