diff --git a/changes/bug10835 b/changes/bug10835
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9df7bdd27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug10835
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (testing):
+    - Fix a segmentation fault in our benchmark code when running with
+      Fedora's OpenSSL package, or any other OpenSSL that provides
+      ECDH but not P224. Fixes bug 10835; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
diff --git a/src/test/bench.c b/src/test/bench.c
index 5a8d21d17..706b8bc7f 100644
--- a/src/test/bench.c
+++ b/src/test/bench.c
@@ -440,6 +440,10 @@ bench_ecdh_impl(int nid, const char *name)
     ssize_t slen_a, slen_b;
     EC_KEY *dh_a = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(nid);
     EC_KEY *dh_b = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(nid);
+    if (!dh_a || !dh_b) {
+      puts("Skipping.  (No implementation?)");
+      return;
+    }
 
     EC_KEY_generate_key(dh_a);
     EC_KEY_generate_key(dh_b);