diff --git a/ssl/ssl_txt.c b/ssl/ssl_txt.c
index e5774d2..ccdf8ec 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_txt.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_txt.c
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@
     if (x->compress_meth != 0) {
         SSL_COMP *comp = NULL;
 
-        ssl_cipher_get_evp(x, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &comp, 0);
+        if(!ssl_cipher_get_evp(x, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &comp, 0))
+            goto err;
         if (comp == NULL) {
             if (BIO_printf(bp, "\n    Compression: %d", x->compress_meth) <=
                 0)