diff --git a/src/rust/src/backend/ec.rs b/src/rust/src/backend/ec.rs
index 5a8efe7da..793ae48cf 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/backend/ec.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/backend/ec.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ fn derive_private_key(
     point.mul_generator(&curve, &private_value, &bn_ctx)?;
     let ec = openssl::ec::EcKey::from_private_components(&curve, &private_value, &point)
         .map_err(|_| pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError::new_err("Invalid EC key"))?;
-    check_key_infinity(&ec)?;
+    ec.check_key().map_err(|_| {
+        pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError::new_err("Invalid EC key (key out of range, infinity, etc.)")
+    })?;
     let pkey = openssl::pkey::PKey::from_ec_key(ec)?;
 
     Ok(ECPrivateKey {
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_ec.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_ec.py
index d33fd104c..2a30c6661 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_ec.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_ec.py
@@ -144,6 +144,16 @@ def test_derive_point_at_infinity(backend):
         ec.derive_private_key(q, ec.SECP256R1())
 
 
+def test_derive_point_invalid_key(backend):
+    curve = ec.SECP256R1()
+    _skip_curve_unsupported(backend, curve)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        ec.derive_private_key(
+            0xE2563328DFABF68188606B91324281C1D58A4456431B09D510B35FECC9F307CA1822846FA2671371A9A81BAC0E35749D,
+            curve,
+        )
+
+
 def test_ec_numbers():
     numbers = ec.EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers(
         1, ec.EllipticCurvePublicNumbers(2, 3, DummyCurve())