diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index f6644de99..d54a771a1 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -41907,8 +41907,10 @@ err:
         ne->object = wolfSSL_OBJ_nid2obj_ex(nid, ne->object);
         ne->value = wolfSSL_ASN1_STRING_type_new(type);
         if (ne->value != NULL) {
-            wolfSSL_ASN1_STRING_set(ne->value, (const void*)data, dataSz);
-            ne->set = 1;
+            if (wolfSSL_ASN1_STRING_set(ne->value, (const void*)data, dataSz)
+                    == WOLFSSL_SUCCESS) {
+                ne->set = 1;
+            }
         }
 
         return ne;