diff --git a/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/mul.c b/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/mul.c
index d97e5848..38c70cad 100644
--- a/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/mul.c
+++ b/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/mul.c
@@ -555,25 +555,19 @@ static void bn_mul_part_recursive(BN_ULONG *r, const BN_ULONG *a,
 // callers.
 static int bn_mul_impl(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b,
                        BN_CTX *ctx) {
-  int ret = 0;
-  int top, al, bl;
-  BIGNUM *rr;
-  int i;
-  BIGNUM *t = NULL;
-  int j = 0, k;
-
-  al = a->width;
-  bl = b->width;
-
-  if ((al == 0) || (bl == 0)) {
+  int al = a->width;
+  int bl = b->width;
+  if (al == 0 || bl == 0) {
     BN_zero(r);
     return 1;
   }
-  top = al + bl;
 
+  int ret = 0;
+  BIGNUM *rr;
   BN_CTX_start(ctx);
-  if ((r == a) || (r == b)) {
-    if ((rr = BN_CTX_get(ctx)) == NULL) {
+  if (r == a || r == b) {
+    rr = BN_CTX_get(ctx);
+    if (r == NULL) {
       goto err;
     }
   } else {
@@ -581,7 +575,7 @@ static int bn_mul_impl(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b,
   }
   rr->neg = a->neg ^ b->neg;
 
-  i = al - bl;
+  int i = al - bl;
   if (i == 0) {
     if (al == 8) {
       if (!bn_wexpand(rr, 16)) {
@@ -593,38 +587,37 @@ static int bn_mul_impl(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b,
     }
   }
 
+  int top = al + bl;
   static const int kMulNormalSize = 16;
   if (al >= kMulNormalSize && bl >= kMulNormalSize) {
-    if (i >= -1 && i <= 1) {
-      /* Find out the power of two lower or equal
-         to the longest of the two numbers */
+    if (-1 <= i && i <= 1) {
+      // Find the larger power of two less than or equal to the larger length.
+      int j;
       if (i >= 0) {
         j = BN_num_bits_word((BN_ULONG)al);
-      }
-      if (i == -1) {
+      } else {
         j = BN_num_bits_word((BN_ULONG)bl);
       }
       j = 1 << (j - 1);
       assert(j <= al || j <= bl);
-      k = j + j;
-      t = BN_CTX_get(ctx);
+      BIGNUM *t = BN_CTX_get(ctx);
       if (t == NULL) {
         goto err;
       }
       if (al > j || bl > j) {
-        if (!bn_wexpand(t, k * 4)) {
-          goto err;
-        }
-        if (!bn_wexpand(rr, k * 4)) {
+        // TODO(davidben): Check that these are correctly-sized, after rewriting
+        // |bn_mul_part_recursive|.
+        if (!bn_wexpand(t, j * 8) ||
+            !bn_wexpand(rr, j * 8)) {
           goto err;
         }
         bn_mul_part_recursive(rr->d, a->d, b->d, j, al - j, bl - j, t->d);
       } else {
-        // al <= j || bl <= j
-        if (!bn_wexpand(t, k * 2)) {
-          goto err;
-        }
-        if (!bn_wexpand(rr, k * 2)) {
+        // al <= j && bl <= j. Additionally, we know j <= al or j <= bl, so one
+        // of al - j or bl - j is zero. The other, by the bound on |i| above, is
+        // zero or -1. Thus, we can use |bn_mul_recursive|.
+        if (!bn_wexpand(t, j * 4) ||
+            !bn_wexpand(rr, j * 2)) {
           goto err;
         }
         bn_mul_recursive(rr->d, a->d, b->d, j, al - j, bl - j, t->d);