diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index a597490ae1f781a03b7121159d77ad6745526870..16245e8b6f28185fcddec409e6de289bd961b9ef 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -4315,6 +4315,7 @@ crypt_message(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 	u8 key[SMB3_ENC_DEC_KEY_SIZE];
 	struct aead_request *req;
 	u8 *iv;
+	DECLARE_CRYPTO_WAIT(wait);
 	unsigned int crypt_len = le32_to_cpu(tr_hdr->OriginalMessageSize);
 	void *creq;
 
@@ -4363,7 +4364,11 @@ crypt_message(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 	aead_request_set_crypt(req, sg, sg, crypt_len, iv);
 	aead_request_set_ad(req, assoc_data_len);
 
-	rc = enc ? crypto_aead_encrypt(req) : crypto_aead_decrypt(req);
+	aead_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
+				  crypto_req_done, &wait);
+
+	rc = crypto_wait_req(enc ? crypto_aead_encrypt(req)
+				: crypto_aead_decrypt(req), &wait);
 
 	if (!rc && enc)
 		memcpy(&tr_hdr->Signature, sign, SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE);