diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/fix-pk-parse-key-error-code.txt b/ChangeLog.d/fix-pk-parse-key-error-code.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3aa330b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.d/fix-pk-parse-key-error-code.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bugfix
+   * Fix an incorrect error code when parsing a PKCS#8 private key.
diff --git a/library/pkparse.c b/library/pkparse.c
index e410f3aae..2622351a4 100644
--- a/library/pkparse.c
+++ b/library/pkparse.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int pk_parse_key_pkcs8_unencrypted_der(
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_KEY_INVALID_VERSION + ret );
 
     if( ( ret = pk_get_pk_alg( &p, end, &pk_alg, &params ) ) != 0 )
-        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_KEY_INVALID_FORMAT + ret );
+        return( ret );
 
     if( ( ret = mbedtls_asn1_get_tag( &p, end, &len, MBEDTLS_ASN1_OCTET_STRING ) ) != 0 )
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_KEY_INVALID_FORMAT + ret );