diff --git a/library/ssl_cli.c b/library/ssl_cli.c
index c6a11de..d38d769 100644
--- a/library/ssl_cli.c
+++ b/library/ssl_cli.c
@@ -1758,6 +1758,8 @@
         {
             md_context_t ctx;
 
+            md_init( &ctx );
+
             /* Info from md_alg will be used instead */
             hashlen = 0;
 
@@ -1779,7 +1781,7 @@
             md_update( &ctx, ssl->handshake->randbytes, 64 );
             md_update( &ctx, ssl->in_msg + 4, params_len );
             md_finish( &ctx, hash );
-            md_free_ctx( &ctx );
+            md_free( &ctx );
         }
         else
 #endif /* POLARSSL_SSL_PROTO_TLS1 || POLARSSL_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1 || \