diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/evp.c b/wolfcrypt/src/evp.c
index 8f4471e80..930be71c3 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/evp.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/evp.c
@@ -2608,7 +2608,11 @@ int wolfSSL_EVP_DigestSignFinal(WOLFSSL_EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *sig,
     #if !defined(NO_RSA) && !defined(HAVE_USER_RSA)
         case EVP_PKEY_RSA: {
             unsigned int sigSz;
-            int nid = wolfSSL_EVP_MD_type(wolfSSL_EVP_MD_CTX_md(ctx));
+            int nid;
+            const WOLFSSL_EVP_MD *md = wolfSSL_EVP_MD_CTX_md(ctx);
+            if (md == NULL)
+                break;
+            nid = wolfSSL_EVP_MD_type(md);
             if (nid < 0)
                 break;
             ret = wolfSSL_RSA_sign_generic_padding(nid, digest, hashLen,