diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ef91aacd72..01c916a495 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Bugfix
    * Fix compilation error on Mingw32 when _TRUNCATE is defined. Use _TRUNCATE
      only if __MINGW32__ not defined. Fix suggested by Thomas Glanzmann and
      Nick Wilson on issue #355
+   * In test_suite_pk, pass valid parameters when testing for hash length
+     overflow. #1179
 
 Changes
    * Clarified the documentation of mbedtls_ssl_setup.
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_pk.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_pk.function
index fbe522d692..f291c2aab7 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_pk.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_pk.function
@@ -421,11 +421,15 @@ exit:
 void pk_rsa_overflow( )
 {
     mbedtls_pk_context pk;
-    size_t hash_len = SIZE_MAX;
+    size_t hash_len = SIZE_MAX, sig_len = SIZE_MAX;
+    unsigned char hash[50], sig[100];
 
     if( SIZE_MAX <= UINT_MAX )
         return;
 
+    memset( hash, 0x2a, sizeof hash );
+    memset( sig, 0, sizeof sig );
+
     mbedtls_pk_init( &pk );
 
     TEST_ASSERT( mbedtls_pk_setup( &pk,
@@ -433,14 +437,14 @@ void pk_rsa_overflow( )
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PKCS1_V21)
     TEST_ASSERT( mbedtls_pk_verify_ext( MBEDTLS_PK_RSASSA_PSS, NULL, &pk,
-                    MBEDTLS_MD_NONE, NULL, hash_len, NULL, 0 ) ==
+                    MBEDTLS_MD_NONE, hash, hash_len, sig, sig_len ) ==
                  MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_BAD_INPUT_DATA );
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_PKCS1_V21 */
 
-    TEST_ASSERT( mbedtls_pk_verify( &pk, MBEDTLS_MD_NONE, NULL, hash_len,
-                    NULL, 0 ) == MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_BAD_INPUT_DATA );
+    TEST_ASSERT( mbedtls_pk_verify( &pk, MBEDTLS_MD_NONE, hash, hash_len,
+                    sig, sig_len ) == MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_BAD_INPUT_DATA );
 
-    TEST_ASSERT( mbedtls_pk_sign( &pk, MBEDTLS_MD_NONE, NULL, hash_len, NULL, 0,
+    TEST_ASSERT( mbedtls_pk_sign( &pk, MBEDTLS_MD_NONE, hash, hash_len, sig, &sig_len,
                     rnd_std_rand, NULL ) == MBEDTLS_ERR_PK_BAD_INPUT_DATA );
 
 exit: