diff --git a/src/tls.c b/src/tls.c
index e709c9930..7920b5f4e 100644
--- a/src/tls.c
+++ b/src/tls.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static SSL_CTX *createSSLContext(redisTLSContextConfig *ctx_config, int protocol
     SSL_CTX *ctx = NULL;
 
     ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method());
+    if (!ctx) goto error;
 
     SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2|SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3);