diff --git a/apps/x509.c b/apps/x509.c
index e7e46d7b6327bfb86ced4422c32ff896e71a46c6..7f55cd1acb7a1249874bb89609846c6da0a86805 100644
--- a/apps/x509.c
+++ b/apps/x509.c
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ bad:
 			else if (text == i)
 				{
 				X509_print_ex(out,x,nmflag, certflag);
+ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
 				}
 			else if (startdate == i)
 				{
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/a_object.c b/crypto/asn1/a_object.c
index bd2d5a2d824458237c9c2706db3d6dc46b0dae0c..e5fbe7cbb1042bb80fb1399cb52a1d3ac4f8a55f 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/a_object.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/a_object.c
@@ -290,12 +290,12 @@ ASN1_OBJECT *c2i_ASN1_OBJECT(ASN1_OBJECT **a, const unsigned char **pp,
 	const unsigned char *p;
 	unsigned char *data;
 	int i;
-	/* Sanity check OID encoding: can't have 0x80 in subidentifiers, see:
-	 * X.690 8.19.2
+	/* Sanity check OID encoding: can't have leading 0x80 in
+	 * subidentifiers, see: X.690 8.19.2
 	 */
 	for (i = 0, p = *pp + 1; i < len - 1; i++, p++)
 		{
-		if (*p == 0x80)
+		if (*p == 0x80 && (!i || !(p[-1] & 0x80)))
 			{
 			ASN1err(ASN1_F_C2I_ASN1_OBJECT,ASN1_R_INVALID_OBJECT_ENCODING);
 			return NULL;