diff --git a/library/bignum.c b/library/bignum.c
index ce72b1f..e52afba 100644
--- a/library/bignum.c
+++ b/library/bignum.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,11 @@
         if( B->p[j - 1] != 0 )
             break;
 
+    /* Exit early to avoid undefined behavior on NULL+0 when X->n == 0
+     * and B is 0 (of any size). */
+    if( j == 0 )
+        return( 0 );
+
     MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( mbedtls_mpi_grow( X, j ) );
 
     o = B->p; p = X->p; c = 0;