diff --git a/src/common/cryptohash_openssl.c b/src/common/cryptohash_openssl.c
index e5233daab6..02dec1fd1b 100644
--- a/src/common/cryptohash_openssl.c
+++ b/src/common/cryptohash_openssl.c
@@ -72,14 +72,15 @@ pg_cryptohash_create(pg_cryptohash_type type)
 	ctx = ALLOC(sizeof(pg_cryptohash_ctx));
 	if (ctx == NULL)
 		return NULL;
+	explicit_bzero(ctx, sizeof(pg_cryptohash_ctx));
 
 	state = ALLOC(sizeof(pg_cryptohash_state));
 	if (state == NULL)
 	{
-		explicit_bzero(ctx, sizeof(pg_cryptohash_ctx));
 		FREE(ctx);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	explicit_bzero(state, sizeof(pg_cryptohash_state));
 
 	ctx->data = state;
 	ctx->type = type;
@@ -97,8 +98,6 @@ pg_cryptohash_create(pg_cryptohash_type type)
 
 	if (state->evpctx == NULL)
 	{
-		explicit_bzero(state, sizeof(pg_cryptohash_state));
-		explicit_bzero(ctx, sizeof(pg_cryptohash_ctx));
 #ifndef FRONTEND
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),