diff -up openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c.use-after-free openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c
--- openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c.use-after-free	2015-03-18 13:13:30.221429895 +0100
+++ openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c	2015-03-18 13:22:45.165361144 +0100
@@ -1140,8 +1140,6 @@ EC_KEY *d2i_ECPrivateKey(EC_KEY **a, con
                                  ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
 			goto err;
 			}
-		if (a)
-			*a = ret;
 		}
 	else
 		ret = *a;
@@ -1206,11 +1204,13 @@ EC_KEY *d2i_ECPrivateKey(EC_KEY **a, con
 			}
 		}
 
+	if (a)
+		*a = ret;
 	ok = 1;
 err:
 	if (!ok)
 		{
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret && (a == NULL || *a != ret))
 			EC_KEY_free(ret);
 		ret = NULL;
 		}