diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
index e3c7c0c2b..ff430796c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ bool GxsSecurity::decrypt(uint8_t *& out, uint32_t & outlen, const uint8_t *in,
 			    succeed = EVP_OpenInit(ctx, EVP_aes_128_cbc(),in + encrypted_keys_offset + i*MULTI_ENCRYPTION_FORMAT_v001_ENCRYPTED_KEY_SIZE , MULTI_ENCRYPTION_FORMAT_v001_ENCRYPTED_KEY_SIZE, in+IV_offset, privateKey);
 
 			if(!succeed)
-					EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset(ctx);
+					EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup(ctx);
                             
 #ifdef GXS_SECURITY_DEBUG
 			    std::cerr << "    encrypted key at offset " << encrypted_keys_offset + i*MULTI_ENCRYPTION_FORMAT_v001_ENCRYPTED_KEY_SIZE << ": " << succeed << std::endl;