diff --git a/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c b/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c
index dda9358c4e2969b70deb71155498aaa46b4a512d..075e87fe1c205a6c35594a84d7f9d0e990d45f07 100644
--- a/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static int legacy_ctrl_str_to_param(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, const char *name,
         if (md == NULL)
             return 0;
         ret = EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(ctx, md);
-        EVP_MD_meth_free(md);
+        EVP_MD_free(md);
         return ret;
     }