diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c b/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c
index 8d1fb10385..d47fa0f437 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c
@@ -564,27 +564,17 @@ int wc_FreeRsaKey(RsaKey* key)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_RSA_PUBLIC_ONLY
-    if (key->type == RSA_PRIVATE) {
+    /* Forcezero all private key fields that are present in this build
+     * configuration, since they may contain residual sensitive data even when
+     * key->type is not RSA_PRIVATE (e.g., after a partial key decode failure). */
 #if defined(WOLFSSL_KEY_GEN) || defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || !defined(RSA_LOW_MEM)
-        mp_forcezero(&key->u);
-        mp_forcezero(&key->dQ);
-        mp_forcezero(&key->dP);
+    mp_forcezero(&key->u);
+    mp_forcezero(&key->dQ);
+    mp_forcezero(&key->dP);
 #endif
-        mp_forcezero(&key->q);
-        mp_forcezero(&key->p);
-        mp_forcezero(&key->d);
-    }
-    else {
-        /* private part */
-#if defined(WOLFSSL_KEY_GEN) || defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || !defined(RSA_LOW_MEM)
-        mp_clear(&key->u);
-        mp_clear(&key->dQ);
-        mp_clear(&key->dP);
-#endif
-        mp_clear(&key->q);
-        mp_clear(&key->p);
-        mp_clear(&key->d);
-    }
+    mp_forcezero(&key->q);
+    mp_forcezero(&key->p);
+    mp_forcezero(&key->d);
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_RSA_PUBLIC_ONLY */
 
     /* public part */
@@ -5410,13 +5400,13 @@ int wc_RsaPrivateKeyDecodeRaw(const byte* n, word32 nSz,
     else if (key != NULL) {
         mp_clear(&key->n);
         mp_clear(&key->e);
-        mp_clear(&key->d);
-        mp_clear(&key->p);
-        mp_clear(&key->q);
+        mp_forcezero(&key->d);
+        mp_forcezero(&key->p);
+        mp_forcezero(&key->q);
 #if defined(WOLFSSL_KEY_GEN) || defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || !defined(RSA_LOW_MEM)
-        mp_clear(&key->u);
-        mp_clear(&key->dP);
-        mp_clear(&key->dQ);
+        mp_forcezero(&key->u);
+        mp_forcezero(&key->dP);
+        mp_forcezero(&key->dQ);
 #endif
     }