diff --git a/lib/asn1_decoder.c b/lib/asn1_decoder.c
index d77cdfc4b554c4060c88815d883b7c2c4d8ef37a..dc14beae2c9aac7df010cdc36e861e33d34a1103 100644
--- a/lib/asn1_decoder.c
+++ b/lib/asn1_decoder.c
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ int asn1_ber_decoder(const struct asn1_decoder *decoder,
 			else
 				act = machine[pc + 1];
 			ret = actions[act](context, hdr, 0, data + tdp, len);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				return ret;
 		}
 		pc += asn1_op_lengths[op];
 		goto next_op;