diff --git a/crypto/asn1/asn1.h b/crypto/asn1/asn1.h
index 220a0c8c6..89a2ad409 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/asn1.h
+++ b/crypto/asn1/asn1.h
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ void ERR_load_ASN1_strings(void);
 #define ASN1_R_TIME_NOT_ASCII_FORMAT			 193
 #define ASN1_R_TOO_LONG					 155
 #define ASN1_R_TYPE_NOT_CONSTRUCTED			 156
+#define ASN1_R_TYPE_NOT_PRIMITIVE			 218
 #define ASN1_R_UNABLE_TO_DECODE_RSA_KEY			 157
 #define ASN1_R_UNABLE_TO_DECODE_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY		 158
 #define ASN1_R_UNEXPECTED_EOC				 159
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c b/crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c
index aa60203ba..73686de8e 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c */
 /* ====================================================================
- * Copyright (c) 1999-2011 The OpenSSL Project.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2014 The OpenSSL Project.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static ERR_STRING_DATA ASN1_str_reasons[]=
 {ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_TIME_NOT_ASCII_FORMAT),"time not ascii format"},
 {ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_TOO_LONG)             ,"too long"},
 {ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_TYPE_NOT_CONSTRUCTED) ,"type not constructed"},
+{ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_TYPE_NOT_PRIMITIVE)   ,"type not primitive"},
 {ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_UNABLE_TO_DECODE_RSA_KEY),"unable to decode rsa key"},
 {ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_UNABLE_TO_DECODE_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY),"unable to decode rsa private key"},
 {ERR_REASON(ASN1_R_UNEXPECTED_EOC)       ,"unexpected eoc"},
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c b/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
index 87d7dfdf5..2cbfa8147 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
@@ -870,6 +870,14 @@ static int asn1_d2i_ex_primitive(ASN1_VALUE **pval,
 		}
 	else if (cst)
 		{
+		if (utype == V_ASN1_NULL || utype == V_ASN1_BOOLEAN
+			|| utype == V_ASN1_OBJECT || utype == V_ASN1_INTEGER
+			|| utype == V_ASN1_ENUMERATED)
+			{
+			ASN1err(ASN1_F_ASN1_D2I_EX_PRIMITIVE,
+				ASN1_R_TYPE_NOT_PRIMITIVE);
+			return 0;
+			}
 		buf.length = 0;
 		buf.max = 0;
 		buf.data = NULL;