diff --git a/lib/dns/openssleddsa_link.c b/lib/dns/openssleddsa_link.c
index 7e976a7756..a807638387 100644
--- a/lib/dns/openssleddsa_link.c
+++ b/lib/dns/openssleddsa_link.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ openssleddsa_verify(dst_context_t *dctx, const isc_region_t *sig) {
 	REQUIRE(alginfo != NULL);
 
 	if (ctx == NULL) {
-		return (ISC_R_NOMEMORY);
+		return (dst__openssl_toresult(ISC_R_NOMEMORY));
 	}
 
 	if (sig->length != alginfo->sig_size) {