diff --git a/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_import_x509.c b/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_import_x509.c
index 1427e98..786e095 100644
--- a/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_import_x509.c
+++ b/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_import_x509.c
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 
    len = inlen;
    if ((err = der_decode_sequence_flexi(in, &len, &decoded_list)) == CRYPT_OK) {
+      err = CRYPT_ERROR;
       l = decoded_list;
       if (l->type == LTC_ASN1_SEQUENCE &&
           l->child && l->child->type == LTC_ASN1_SEQUENCE) {
-         err = CRYPT_ERROR;
          l = l->child->child;
          while (l) {
             if (l->type == LTC_ASN1_SEQUENCE && l->data &&
diff --git a/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_set_key.c b/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_set_key.c
index 75e047b..0b1538f 100644
--- a/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_set_key.c
+++ b/src/ltc/pk/ecc/ecc_set_key.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
    a     = key->dp.A;
    b     = key->dp.B;
 
-   if (type == PK_PRIVATE && inlen <= (unsigned long)key->dp.size) {
+   if (type == PK_PRIVATE) {
       /* load private key */
       if ((err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(key->k, (unsigned char *)in, inlen)) != CRYPT_OK) {
          goto error;
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@
       }
       /* compute public key */
       if ((err = ltc_mp.ecc_ptmul(key->k, &key->dp.base, &key->pubkey, a, prime, 1)) != CRYPT_OK)         { goto error; }
-      key->type = type;
    }
    else if (type == PK_PUBLIC) {
       /* load public key */
       if ((err = ltc_ecc_import_point(in, inlen, prime, a, b, key->pubkey.x, key->pubkey.y)) != CRYPT_OK) { goto error; }
       if ((err = mp_set(key->pubkey.z, 1)) != CRYPT_OK)                                                   { goto error; }
-      key->type = type;
    }
    else {
       err = CRYPT_INVALID_PACKET;
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@
       goto error;
    }
 
+   key->type = type;
    return CRYPT_OK;
 
 error:
diff --git a/t/pk_ecc_test_vectors_openssl.t b/t/pk_ecc_test_vectors_openssl.t
index 982f869..a27fbf2 100644
--- a/t/pk_ecc_test_vectors_openssl.t
+++ b/t/pk_ecc_test_vectors_openssl.t
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Test::More tests => 660;
+use Test::More tests => 661;
 use Crypt::PK::ECC;
 
 my $data = [
@@ -88,3 +88,12 @@
   ok( $ec_pub->verify_message(pack("H*", $h->{ECDSA_SHA1}), 'test-data', 'SHA1'), "$h->{PRI_FILE}/ECDSA_SHA1");
   ok( $ec_pub->verify_message(pack("H*", $h->{ECDSA_SHA256}), 'test-data', 'SHA256'), "$h->{PRI_FILE}/ECDSA_SHA256");
 }
+
+### ecc_set_key bug
+my $der = pack("H*", "3081be020101041500c78b055db0706fd86b5a15e14b9e51f0043d18f9a074307202010130200607".
+                     "2a8648ce3d0101021500fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffeffffac7330060401000401070429".
+                     "043b4c382ce37aa192a4019e763036f4f5dd4d7ebb938cf935318fdced6bc28286531733c3f03c4f".
+                     "ee02150100000000000000000001b8fa16dfab9aca16b6b3020101a12c032a00040ca9f03d79907c".
+                     "97538177a3027970abefa351073a73120e1b5d2dab02dde37c118a44f8cb267b56");
+my $pk = Crypt::PK::ECC->new(\$der);
+ok($pk->is_private, "ecc_set_key bug");
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