diff --git a/sm/ChangeLog b/sm/ChangeLog
index 32fe1d95d..703f8cdf3 100644
--- a/sm/ChangeLog
+++ b/sm/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-02-01  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
+
+	* sign.c (gpgsm_sign): Do not release certificate twice.
+
 2002-01-29  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* call-agent.c (gpgsm_agent_havekey): New.
diff --git a/sm/sign.c b/sm/sign.c
index 9b23e8536..7f8e6ca43 100644
--- a/sm/sign.c
+++ b/sm/sign.c
@@ -375,10 +375,7 @@ gpgsm_sign (CTRL ctrl, int data_fd, int detached, FILE *out_fp)
             sigval = NULL;
             rc = gpgsm_create_cms_signature (cert, md, algo, &sigval);
             if (rc)
-              {
-                ksba_cert_release (cert);
-                goto leave;
-              }
+	      goto leave;
 
             err = ksba_cms_set_sig_val (cms, signer, sigval);
             xfree (sigval);