From d91d59421f10ec53c3301895d8fb5e8fca19809c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Miko <karel.miko@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:48:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix de-referencing stat before checking for NULL

---
 src/pk/dsa/dsa_verify_key.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pk/dsa/dsa_verify_key.c b/src/pk/dsa/dsa_verify_key.c
index 2737cdd..a70da9f 100644
--- a/src/pk/dsa/dsa_verify_key.c
+++ b/src/pk/dsa/dsa_verify_key.c
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ int dsa_int_validate_pqg(dsa_key *key, int *stat)
    void *tmp1, *tmp2;
    int  err;
 
-   *stat = 0;
    LTC_ARGCHK(key  != NULL);
    LTC_ARGCHK(stat != NULL);
+   *stat = 0;
 
    /* check q-order */
    if ( key->qord >= LTC_MDSA_MAX_GROUP || key->qord <= 15 ||