diff --git a/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c b/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
index 5cd755d77d..5ff1294d3c 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
+++ b/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ static int obj_cmp(const ASN1_OBJECT *const *ap, const unsigned int *bp)
     j = (a->length - b->length);
     if (j)
         return (j);
+    if (a->length == 0)
+        return 0;
     return (memcmp(a->data, b->data, a->length));
 }