diff --git a/lib/krb5/mk_req.c b/lib/krb5/mk_req.c
index 61a41a4da..72d8192a0 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/mk_req.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/mk_req.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ krb5_mk_req(krb5_context context,
   if (r)
     return r;
   this_cred.times.endtime = 0;
-  if (auth_context && *auth_context && (*auth_context)->keyblock)
-      this_cred.session.keytype = (*auth_context)->keyblock->keytype;
+  if (auth_context && *auth_context && (*auth_context)->keytype)
+      this_cred.session.keytype = (*auth_context)->keytype;
 
   r = krb5_get_credentials (context, 0, ccache, &this_cred, &cred);
   if (r)