diff --git a/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c b/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
index 43e1db0f7621883141f7bb412b60b91c1a1e8f66..46df79519f8e17a9176c0d12933a6b29ec438c5e 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ int ASN1_item_ex_d2i(ASN1_VALUE **pval, const unsigned char **in, long len,
 			goto err;
 			}
 
-		if (!*pval && !!ASN1_item_ex_new(pval, it))
+		if (!*pval && !ASN1_item_ex_new(pval, it))
 			{
 			ASN1err(ASN1_F_ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I,
 				ERR_R_NESTED_ASN1_ERROR);