diff --git a/src/crypto/x509/x509.go b/src/crypto/x509/x509.go
index 6b26331bed..89789ceba4 100644
--- a/src/crypto/x509/x509.go
+++ b/src/crypto/x509/x509.go
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ func newRawAttributes(attributes []pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET) ([]asn1.RawVal
 	return rawAttributes, nil
 }
 
-// parseRawAttributes Unmarshals RawAttributes intos AttributeTypeAndValueSETs.
+// parseRawAttributes Unmarshals RawAttributes into AttributeTypeAndValueSETs.
 func parseRawAttributes(rawAttributes []asn1.RawValue) []pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET {
 	var attributes []pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET
 	for _, rawAttr := range rawAttributes {
@@ -2410,70 +2410,57 @@ func CreateCertificateRequest(rand io.Reader, template *CertificateRequest, priv
 
 	extensions = append(extensions, template.ExtraExtensions...)
 
-	var attributes []pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET
-	attributes = append(attributes, template.Attributes...)
+	// Make a copy of template.Attributes because we may alter it below.
+	attributes := make([]pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET, 0, len(template.Attributes))
+	for _, attr := range template.Attributes {
+		values := make([][]pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue, len(attr.Value))
+		copy(values, attr.Value)
+		attributes = append(attributes, pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET{
+			Type:  attr.Type,
+			Value: values,
+		})
+	}
 
+	extensionsAppended := false
 	if len(extensions) > 0 {
-		// specifiedExtensions contains all the extensions that we
-		// found specified via template.Attributes.
-		specifiedExtensions := make(map[string]bool)
-
-		for _, atvSet := range template.Attributes {
-			if !atvSet.Type.Equal(oidExtensionRequest) {
+		// Append the extensions to an existing attribute if possible.
+		for _, atvSet := range attributes {
+			if !atvSet.Type.Equal(oidExtensionRequest) || len(atvSet.Value) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// specifiedExtensions contains all the extensions that we
+			// found specified via template.Attributes.
+			specifiedExtensions := make(map[string]bool)
+
 			for _, atvs := range atvSet.Value {
 				for _, atv := range atvs {
 					specifiedExtensions[atv.Type.String()] = true
 				}
 			}
-		}
 
-		atvs := make([]pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue, 0, len(extensions))
-		for _, e := range extensions {
-			if specifiedExtensions[e.Id.String()] {
-				// Attributes already contained a value for
-				// this extension and it takes priority.
-				continue
+			newValue := make([]pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue, 0, len(atvSet.Value[0])+len(extensions))
+			newValue = append(newValue, atvSet.Value[0]...)
+
+			for _, e := range extensions {
+				if specifiedExtensions[e.Id.String()] {
+					// Attributes already contained a value for
+					// this extension and it takes priority.
+					continue
+				}
+
+				newValue = append(newValue, pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{
+					// There is no place for the critical
+					// flag in an AttributeTypeAndValue.
+					Type:  e.Id,
+					Value: e.Value,
+				})
 			}
 
-			atvs = append(atvs, pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{
-				// There is no place for the critical flag in a CSR.
-				Type:  e.Id,
-				Value: e.Value,
-			})
-		}
-
-		// Append the extensions to an existing attribute if possible.
-		appended := false
-		for _, atvSet := range attributes {
-			if !atvSet.Type.Equal(oidExtensionRequest) || len(atvSet.Value) == 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			atvSet.Value[0] = append(atvSet.Value[0], atvs...)
-			appended = true
+			atvSet.Value[0] = newValue
+			extensionsAppended = true
 			break
 		}
-
-		// Otherwise, add a new attribute for the extensions.
-		if !appended {
-			attributes = append(attributes, pkix.AttributeTypeAndValueSET{
-				Type: oidExtensionRequest,
-				Value: [][]pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{
-					atvs,
-				},
-			})
-		}
-	}
-
-	asn1Subject := template.RawSubject
-	if len(asn1Subject) == 0 {
-		asn1Subject, err = asn1.Marshal(template.Subject.ToRDNSequence())
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
 	}
 
 	rawAttributes, err := newRawAttributes(attributes)
@@ -2481,6 +2468,38 @@ func CreateCertificateRequest(rand io.Reader, template *CertificateRequest, priv
 		return
 	}
 
+	// If not included in attributes, add a new attribute for the
+	// extensions.
+	if len(extensions) > 0 && !extensionsAppended {
+		attr := struct {
+			Type  asn1.ObjectIdentifier
+			Value [][]pkix.Extension `asn1:"set"`
+		}{
+			Type:  oidExtensionRequest,
+			Value: [][]pkix.Extension{extensions},
+		}
+
+		b, err := asn1.Marshal(attr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("x509: failed to serialise extensions attribute: " + err.Error())
+		}
+
+		var rawValue asn1.RawValue
+		if _, err := asn1.Unmarshal(b, &rawValue); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		rawAttributes = append(rawAttributes, rawValue)
+	}
+
+	asn1Subject := template.RawSubject
+	if len(asn1Subject) == 0 {
+		asn1Subject, err = asn1.Marshal(template.Subject.ToRDNSequence())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	tbsCSR := tbsCertificateRequest{
 		Version: 0, // PKCS #10, RFC 2986
 		Subject: asn1.RawValue{FullBytes: asn1Subject},
diff --git a/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go b/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
index 8280d9d11c..b396da1b98 100644
--- a/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
+++ b/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
@@ -1240,8 +1240,9 @@ func TestCertificateRequestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 		// template.
 		ExtraExtensions: []pkix.Extension{
 			{
-				Id:    oidExtensionSubjectAltName,
-				Value: sanContents,
+				Id:       oidExtensionSubjectAltName,
+				Value:    sanContents,
+				Critical: true,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -1252,6 +1253,10 @@ func TestCertificateRequestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Extension did not override template. Got %v\n", csr.DNSNames)
 	}
 
+	if len(csr.Extensions) != 1 || !csr.Extensions[0].Id.Equal(oidExtensionSubjectAltName) || !csr.Extensions[0].Critical {
+		t.Errorf("SAN extension was not faithfully copied, got %#v", csr.Extensions)
+	}
+
 	// If there is already an attribute with X.509 extensions then the
 	// extra extensions should be added to it rather than creating a CSR
 	// with two extension attributes.