diff --git a/apps/ca.c b/apps/ca.c
index ac56ce7181787f75a06cc7c975fd2b90095d9418..f79b5823697eab939fd258b82cf0429b0dfaeccf 100644
--- a/apps/ca.c
+++ b/apps/ca.c
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ bad:
 				BIO_printf(bio_err,"problems opening %s for extra oid's\n",p);
 				ERR_print_errors(bio_err);
 				*/
+				ERR_clear_error();
 				}
 			else
 				{