diff --git a/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c b/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c
index f8c32d825e79535e6739a84bc37bea66ec4bd405..596969594863b4b871a47215c0566ad22831a73d 100644
--- a/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int EVP_PBE_alg_add(int nid, const EVP_CIPHER *cipher, const EVP_MD *md,
 	{
 	int cipher_nid, md_nid;
 	if (cipher)
-		cipher_nid = EVP_CIPHER_type(cipher);
+		cipher_nid = EVP_CIPHER_nid(cipher);
 	else
 		cipher_nid = -1;
 	if (md)