diff --git a/lib/digsig.c b/lib/digsig.c
index 2f31e6a45f0a..ae703dfc9731 100644
--- a/lib/digsig.c
+++ b/lib/digsig.c
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ static int digsig_verify_rsa(struct key *key,
 	down_read(&key->sem);
 	ukp = key->payload.data;
 
+	if (!ukp) {
+		/* key was revoked before we acquired its semaphore */
+		err = -EKEYREVOKED;
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
 	if (ukp->datalen < sizeof(*pkh))
 		goto err1;