diff --git a/library/x509_crt.c b/library/x509_crt.c
index 0887428..59a6946 100644
--- a/library/x509_crt.c
+++ b/library/x509_crt.c
@@ -674,13 +674,12 @@
 
             /* Getting authorityCertSerialNumber using the required specific class tag [2] */
             if ((ret = mbedtls_asn1_get_tag(p, end, &len,
-                                            MBEDTLS_ASN1_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC | MBEDTLS_ASN1_INTEGER |
-                                            2)) != 0) {
+                                            MBEDTLS_ASN1_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC | 2)) != 0) {
                 return MBEDTLS_ERROR_ADD(MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_INVALID_EXTENSIONS, ret);
             } else {
                 authority_key_id->authorityCertSerialNumber.len = len;
                 authority_key_id->authorityCertSerialNumber.p = *p;
-                authority_key_id->authorityCertSerialNumber.tag = MBEDTLS_ASN1_OCTET_STRING;
+                authority_key_id->authorityCertSerialNumber.tag = MBEDTLS_ASN1_INTEGER;
                 *p += len;
             }
         }