diff --git a/ecdh.go b/ecdh.go
index 62e23333..58d8f819 100644
--- a/ecdh.go
+++ b/ecdh.go
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ func ECDH(priv *PrivateKeyECDH, pub *PublicKeyECDH) ([]byte, error) {
 	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(ctx, pub._pkey) != 1 {
 		return nil, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer")
 	}
-	var outLen C.size_t
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, nil, &outLen) != 1 {
+	outLen := C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_get_len(ctx)
+	if outLen == 0 {
 		return nil, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive_init")
 	}
 	out := make([]byte, outLen)
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, base(out), &outLen) != 1 {
+	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_with_len(ctx, base(out), outLen) != 1 {
 		return nil, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive_init")
 	}
 	return out, nil
diff --git a/ed25519.go b/ed25519.go
index f66a2a1d..b52e5ca4 100644
--- a/ed25519.go
+++ b/ed25519.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func NewPrivateKeyEd25519FromSeed(seed []byte) (*PrivateKeyEd25519, error) {
 
 func extractPKEYPubEd25519(pkey C.GO_EVP_PKEY_PTR, pub []byte) error {
 	pubSize := C.size_t(publicKeySizeEd25519)
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_public_key(pkey, base(pub), &pubSize) != 1 {
+	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_public_key_wrapper_with_len(pkey, base(pub), pubSize) != 1 {
 		return newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_get_raw_public_key")
 	}
 	if pubSize != publicKeySizeEd25519 {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func extractPKEYPrivEd25519(pkey C.GO_EVP_PKEY_PTR, priv []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	privSize := C.size_t(seedSizeEd25519)
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_private_key(pkey, base(priv), &privSize) != 1 {
+	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_private_key_wrapper_with_len(pkey, base(priv), privSize) != 1 {
 		return newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_get_raw_private_key")
 	}
 	if privSize != seedSizeEd25519 {
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ func signEd25519(priv *PrivateKeyEd25519, sig, message []byte) error {
 		return newOpenSSLError("EVP_DigestSignInit")
 	}
 	siglen := C.size_t(signatureSizeEd25519)
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_DigestSign(ctx, base(sig), &siglen, base(message), C.size_t(len(message))) != 1 {
+	siglen = C.go_openssl_EVP_DigestSign_wrapper_modify_len(ctx, base(sig), siglen, base(message), C.size_t(len(message)))
+	if siglen == 0 {
 		return newOpenSSLError("EVP_DigestSign")
 	}
 	if siglen != signatureSizeEd25519 {
diff --git a/goopenssl.h b/goopenssl.h
index a0e2b623..3ed4e895 100644
--- a/goopenssl.h
+++ b/goopenssl.h
@@ -105,6 +105,47 @@ go_openssl_EVP_CipherUpdate_wrapper(GO_EVP_CIPHER_CTX_PTR ctx, unsigned char *ou
     return go_openssl_EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, out, &len, in, in_len);
 }
 
+// These wrappers allocate a length variable on the C stack to avoid having to pass a pointer from Go, which would escape to the heap.
+// Some OpenGL APIs use length as either "in" and "out" depending on the value of another parameter, so they accept a pointer.
+// By splitting the "in" and "out" situations into distinct functions, a pointer is not necessary.
+//
+// Note: for simplicity, the "out" wrappers treat a 0 length the same as an error.
+// A 0 is not an expected return value in this context, so this is expected to be ok.
+
+static inline size_t
+go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_get_len(GO_EVP_PKEY_CTX_PTR ctx)
+{
+    size_t keylen;
+    if (go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, NULL, &keylen) != 1)
+        return 0;
+    return keylen;
+}
+
+static inline int
+go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_with_len(GO_EVP_PKEY_CTX_PTR ctx, unsigned char *key, size_t keylen)
+{
+    return go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, key, &keylen);
+}
+
+static inline int
+go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_public_key_wrapper_with_len(const GO_EVP_PKEY_PTR pkey, unsigned char *pub, size_t len)
+{
+    return go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_public_key(pkey, pub, &len);
+}
+
+static inline int
+go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_private_key_wrapper_with_len(const GO_EVP_PKEY_PTR pkey, unsigned char *priv, size_t len)
+{
+    return go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_get_raw_private_key(pkey, priv, &len);
+}
+
+static inline size_t
+go_openssl_EVP_DigestSign_wrapper_modify_len(GO_EVP_MD_CTX_PTR ctx, unsigned char *sigret, size_t siglen, const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen)
+{
+    if (go_openssl_EVP_DigestSign(ctx, sigret, &siglen, tbs, tbslen) != 1)
+        return 0;
+    return siglen;
+}
 
 // These wrappers allocate out_len on the C stack, and check that it matches the expected
 // value, to avoid having to pass a pointer from Go, which would escape to the heap.
diff --git a/hkdf.go b/hkdf.go
index ac3fbba0..e3d500ad 100644
--- a/hkdf.go
+++ b/hkdf.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (c *hkdf) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	c.buf = append(c.buf, make([]byte, needLen)...)
 	outLen := C.size_t(prevLen + needLen)
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(c.ctx, base(c.buf), &outLen) != 1 {
+	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_with_len(c.ctx, base(c.buf), outLen) != 1 {
 		return 0, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive")
 	}
 	n := copy(p, c.buf[prevLen:outLen])
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ func ExtractHKDF(h func() hash.Hash, secret, salt []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 			return nil, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_CTX_set1_hkdf_salt")
 		}
 	}
-	var outLen C.size_t
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(c.ctx, nil, &outLen) != 1 {
+	outLen := C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_get_len(c.ctx)
+	if outLen == 0 {
 		return nil, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive_init")
 	}
 	out := make([]byte, outLen)
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(c.ctx, base(out), &outLen) != 1 {
+	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_with_len(c.ctx, base(out), outLen) != 1 {
 		return nil, newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive")
 	}
 	return out[:outLen], nil
diff --git a/tls1prf.go b/tls1prf.go
index 3153fc81..7f8bcfda 100644
--- a/tls1prf.go
+++ b/tls1prf.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TLS1PRF(result, secret, label, seed []byte, h func() hash.Hash) error {
 		}
 	}
 	outLen := C.size_t(len(result))
-	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, base(result), &outLen) != 1 {
+	if C.go_openssl_EVP_PKEY_derive_wrapper_with_len(ctx, base(result), outLen) != 1 {
 		return newOpenSSLError("EVP_PKEY_derive")
 	}
 	// The Go standard library expects TLS1PRF to return the requested number of bytes,