diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_ssl.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_ssl.c
index ea72629494cffd952d15eff4098b3f554c9ff723..cfeff15bc9c125c30e418a2e5351f019eba40236 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_ssl.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_ssl.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int RSA_padding_check_SSLv23(unsigned char *to, int tlen,
 		RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_PADDING_CHECK_SSLV23,RSA_R_NULL_BEFORE_BLOCK_MISSING);
 		return(-1);
 		}
-	for (k= -8; k<0; k++)
+	for (k = -9; k<-1; k++)
 		{
 		if (p[k] !=  0x03) break;
 		}