diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 3af30a5542..cc66270c6e 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -21141,7 +21141,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_X509_CRL_sign_large(void)
     WOLFSSL_X509_CRL* crl = NULL;
     WOLFSSL_EVP_PKEY* pkey = NULL;
     WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME asnTime;
-    WOLFSSL_X509_REVOKED revoked;
+    WOLFSSL_X509_REVOKED revoked = {0};
     XFILE fp = XBADFILE;
     int i;
     byte serial[4];
@@ -21166,9 +21166,11 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_X509_CRL_sign_large(void)
     ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_CRL_set_nextUpdate(crl, &asnTime),
         WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
 
-    revoked.serialNumber = wolfSSL_ASN1_INTEGER_new();
-    revoked.serialNumber->data = serial;
-    revoked.serialNumber->length = (int)sizeof(serial);
+    ExpectNotNull(revoked.serialNumber = wolfSSL_ASN1_INTEGER_new());
+    if (revoked.serialNumber != NULL) {
+        revoked.serialNumber->data = serial;
+        revoked.serialNumber->length = (int)sizeof(serial);
+    }
 
     for (i = 1; i <= 1024; i++) {
         serial[0] = (byte)(i & 0xff);
@@ -21189,9 +21191,11 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_X509_CRL_sign_large(void)
     ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_CRL_sign(crl, pkey, wolfSSL_EVP_sha256()),
         WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
 
-    revoked.serialNumber->data = NULL;
-    wolfSSL_ASN1_INTEGER_free(revoked.serialNumber);
-    revoked.serialNumber = NULL;
+    if (revoked.serialNumber != NULL) {
+        revoked.serialNumber->data = NULL;
+        wolfSSL_ASN1_INTEGER_free(revoked.serialNumber);
+        revoked.serialNumber = NULL;
+    }
 
     wolfSSL_EVP_PKEY_free(pkey);
     wolfSSL_X509_CRL_free(crl);