diff --git a/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c b/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c
index af539a0ea1..05b49a21e3 100644
--- a/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c
+++ b/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ int do_ssl3_write(SSL_CONNECTION *s, int type, const unsigned char *buf,
             eivlen = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length(s->enc_write_ctx);
             if (eivlen < 0) {
                 SSLfatal(s, SSL_AD_INTERNAL_ERROR, SSL_R_LIBRARY_BUG);
-                return -1;
+                goto err;
 	    }
             if (eivlen <= 1)
                 eivlen = 0;