diff --git a/ssh-dss.c b/ssh-dss.c
index 0215f1c..9ba2584 100644
--- a/ssh-dss.c
+++ b/ssh-dss.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-dss.c,v 1.16 2002/07/04 04:15:33 deraadt Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-dss.c,v 1.17 2002/07/04 10:41:47 markus Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/bn.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	DSA_SIG *sig;
 	const EVP_MD *evp_md = EVP_sha1();
 	EVP_MD_CTX md;
-	u_char *ret, digest[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE], sigblob[SIGBLOB_LEN];
+	u_char digest[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE], sigblob[SIGBLOB_LEN];
 	u_int rlen, slen, len, dlen;
 	Buffer b;
 
@@ -79,29 +79,25 @@
 	DSA_SIG_free(sig);
 
 	if (datafellows & SSH_BUG_SIGBLOB) {
-		ret = xmalloc(SIGBLOB_LEN);
-		memcpy(ret, sigblob, SIGBLOB_LEN);
 		if (lenp != NULL)
 			*lenp = SIGBLOB_LEN;
-		if (sigp != NULL)
-			*sigp = ret;
-		else
-			xfree(ret);
+		if (sigp != NULL) {
+			*sigp = xmalloc(SIGBLOB_LEN);
+			memcpy(*sigp, sigblob, SIGBLOB_LEN);
+		}
 	} else {
 		/* ietf-drafts */
 		buffer_init(&b);
 		buffer_put_cstring(&b, "ssh-dss");
 		buffer_put_string(&b, sigblob, SIGBLOB_LEN);
 		len = buffer_len(&b);
-		ret = xmalloc(len);
-		memcpy(ret, buffer_ptr(&b), len);
-		buffer_free(&b);
 		if (lenp != NULL)
 			*lenp = len;
-		if (sigp != NULL)
-			*sigp = ret;
-		else
-			xfree(ret);
+		if (sigp != NULL) {
+			*sigp = xmalloc(len);
+			memcpy(*sigp, buffer_ptr(&b), len);
+		}
+		buffer_free(&b);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }