diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index d54a771a1..2d68a0d4f 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -41862,8 +41862,10 @@ 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;
+                }
             }
         }