diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 4c93b5d099..64319bed43 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -222,10 +222,11 @@ if ($state->{method} eq 'pserver') {
         open my $passwd, "<", $authdb or die $!;
         while (<$passwd>) {
             if (m{^\Q$user\E:(.*)}) {
-                if (crypt(descramble($password), $1) eq $1) {
+                my $hash = crypt(descramble($password), $1);
+                if (defined $hash and $hash eq $1) {
                     $auth_ok = 1;
                 }
-            };
+            }
         }
         close $passwd;
 
diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
index 59b40359c7..17f988edd2 100755
--- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
+++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ CVSWORK="$PWD/cvswork"
 CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
 export CVSROOT CVS_SERVER
 
-PWDHASH='lac2ItudM3.KM'
+if perl -e 'exit(1) if not defined crypt("", "cv")'
+then
+	PWDHASH='lac2ItudM3.KM'
+else
+	PWDHASH='$2b$10$t8fGvE/a9eLmfOLzsZme2uOa2QtoMYwIxq9wZA6aBKtF1Yb7FJIzi'
+fi
 
 rm -rf "$CVSWORK" "$SERVERDIR"
 test_expect_success 'setup' '