diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index f266c81f396f..0481223b1deb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int crypt_iv_essiv_init(struct crypt_config *cc)
 	int err;
 
 	desc->tfm = essiv->hash_tfm;
-	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+	desc->flags = 0;
 
 	err = crypto_shash_digest(desc, cc->key, cc->key_size, essiv->salt);
 	shash_desc_zero(desc);
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int crypt_iv_lmk_one(struct crypt_config *cc, u8 *iv,
 	int i, r;
 
 	desc->tfm = lmk->hash_tfm;
-	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+	desc->flags = 0;
 
 	r = crypto_shash_init(desc);
 	if (r)
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static int crypt_iv_tcw_whitening(struct crypt_config *cc,
 
 	/* calculate crc32 for every 32bit part and xor it */
 	desc->tfm = tcw->crc32_tfm;
-	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+	desc->flags = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		r = crypto_shash_init(desc);
 		if (r)
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ static void crypt_alloc_req_skcipher(struct crypt_config *cc,
 	 * requests if driver request queue is full.
 	 */
 	skcipher_request_set_callback(ctx->r.req,
-	    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
+	    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
 	    kcryptd_async_done, dmreq_of_req(cc, ctx->r.req));
 }
 
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ static void crypt_alloc_req_aead(struct crypt_config *cc,
 	 * requests if driver request queue is full.
 	 */
 	aead_request_set_callback(ctx->r.req_aead,
-	    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
+	    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
 	    kcryptd_async_done, dmreq_of_req(cc, ctx->r.req_aead));
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index 378878599466..89ccb64342de 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static void section_mac(struct dm_integrity_c *ic, unsigned section, __u8 result
 	unsigned j, size;
 
 	desc->tfm = ic->journal_mac;
-	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+	desc->flags = 0;
 
 	r = crypto_shash_init(desc);
 	if (unlikely(r)) {
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static void complete_journal_encrypt(struct crypto_async_request *req, int err)
 static bool do_crypt(bool encrypt, struct skcipher_request *req, struct journal_completion *comp)
 {
 	int r;
-	skcipher_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
+	skcipher_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
 				      complete_journal_encrypt, comp);
 	if (likely(encrypt))
 		r = crypto_skcipher_encrypt(req);