diff -up openssl-fips-0.9.8e/crypto/x509/x509_req.c.req-null-deref openssl-fips-0.9.8e/crypto/x509/x509_req.c
--- openssl-fips-0.9.8e/crypto/x509/x509_req.c.req-null-deref	2006-12-04 20:10:58.000000000 +0100
+++ openssl-fips-0.9.8e/crypto/x509/x509_req.c	2015-04-02 15:16:28.562628363 +0200
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ X509_REQ *X509_to_X509_REQ(X509 *x, EVP_
 		goto err;
 
 	pktmp = X509_get_pubkey(x);
+	if (pktmp == NULL)
+		goto err;
 	i=X509_REQ_set_pubkey(ret,pktmp);
 	EVP_PKEY_free(pktmp);
 	if (!i) goto err;