diff --git a/ext/openssl/openssl.c b/ext/openssl/openssl.c
index 9eb052335b8..bfbf51ff644 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/openssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/openssl.c
@@ -7940,11 +7940,10 @@ PHP_OPENSSL_API zend_string* php_openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(zend_long buffer_le
 	PHP_OPENSSL_CHECK_LONG_TO_INT_NULL_RETURN(buffer_length, length);
 	PHP_OPENSSL_RAND_ADD_TIME();
 	if (RAND_bytes((unsigned char*)ZSTR_VAL(buffer), (int)buffer_length) <= 0) {
+		php_openssl_store_errors();
 		zend_string_release_ex(buffer, 0);
 		zend_throw_exception(zend_ce_exception, "Error reading from source device", 0);
 		return NULL;
-	} else {
-		php_openssl_store_errors();
 	}
 
 	return buffer;