diff -ur openssl-1.0.1j/crypto/rand/md_rand.c openssl-1.0.1j.f/crypto/rand/md_rand.c
--- openssl-1.0.1j/crypto/rand/md_rand.c	2014-10-15 14:53:39.000000000 +0200
+++ openssl-1.0.1j.f/crypto/rand/md_rand.c	2014-11-13 10:37:40.473283647 +0100
@@ -267,7 +267,11 @@
 		j=(num-i);
 		j=(j > MD_DIGEST_LENGTH)?MD_DIGEST_LENGTH:j;
 
-		MD_Init(&m);
+		if (!MD_Init(&m)) {
+			EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup(&m);
+			if (!do_not_lock) CRYPTO_w_unlock(CRYPTO_LOCK_RAND);
+			return;
+		}
 		MD_Update(&m,local_md,MD_DIGEST_LENGTH);
 		k=(st_idx+j)-STATE_SIZE;
 		if (k > 0)
@@ -470,7 +474,10 @@
 		/* num_ceil -= MD_DIGEST_LENGTH/2 */
 		j=(num >= MD_DIGEST_LENGTH/2)?MD_DIGEST_LENGTH/2:num;
 		num-=j;
-		MD_Init(&m);
+		if (!MD_Init(&m)) {
+			EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup(&m);
+			return 0;
+		}
 #ifndef GETPID_IS_MEANINGLESS
 		if (curr_pid) /* just in the first iteration to save time */
 			{
@@ -512,7 +519,10 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-	MD_Init(&m);
+	if (!MD_Init(&m)) {
+	        EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup(&m);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	MD_Update(&m,(unsigned char *)&(md_c[0]),sizeof(md_c));
 	MD_Update(&m,local_md,MD_DIGEST_LENGTH);
 	if (lock)