diff --git a/crypto/mem_clr.c b/crypto/mem_clr.c
index 00dfcff0c..add1f7802 100644
--- a/crypto/mem_clr.c
+++ b/crypto/mem_clr.c
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ void OPENSSL_cleanse(void *ptr, size_t len)
 		*(p++) = (unsigned char)ctr;
 		ctr += (17 + ((size_t)p & 0xF));
 		}
-	if(p=memchr(ptr, (unsigned char)ctr, len))
+	p=memchr(ptr, (unsigned char)ctr, len);
+	if(p)
 		ctr += (63 + (size_t)p);
 	cleanse_ctr = (unsigned char)ctr;
 	}