diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 8572f0ec13..04db896473 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -2917,8 +2917,8 @@ static CURLcode ossl_win_load_store(struct Curl_easy *data,
        * depending on what is found. For more details see
        * CertGetEnhancedKeyUsage doc.
        */
-      if(CertGetEnhancedKeyUsage(pContext, 0, NULL, &req_size)) {
-        if(req_size && req_size > enhkey_usage_size) {
+      if(CertGetEnhancedKeyUsage(pContext, 0, NULL, &req_size) && req_size) {
+        if(req_size > enhkey_usage_size) {
           void *tmp = curlx_realloc(enhkey_usage, req_size);
 
           if(!tmp) {