--- libraries/liblber/decode.c	1999/11/26 22:32:20	1.43
+++ libraries/liblber/decode.c	1999/12/09 20:30:33	1.44
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* decode.c - ber input decoding routines */
-/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/libraries/liblber/decode.c,v 1.42 1999/11/08 18:36:30 kurt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/libraries/liblber/decode.c,v 1.43 1999/11/26 22:32:20 kdz Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright 1998-1999 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
  * COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT file
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ ber_skip_tag( BerElement *ber, ber_len_t
 	 *	2) primitive encodings used whenever possible
 	 */
 
+	*len = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * First, we read the tag.
 	 */
@@ -110,8 +112,6 @@ ber_skip_tag( BerElement *ber, ber_len_t
 	 * greater than what we can hold in a ber_len_t.
 	 */
 
-	*len = 0;
-
 	if ( ber_read( ber, (char *) &lc, 1 ) != 1 )
 		return( LBER_DEFAULT );
 
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ ber_peek_tag(
 	assert( ber_in != NULL );
 	assert( BER_VALID( ber_in ) );
 
+	*len = 0;
+
 	ber = ber_dup( ber_in );
 
 	if( ber == NULL ) {