diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/desc_constr.h b/drivers/crypto/caam/desc_constr.h
index 62ce6421bb3f..824c94d44f94 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/desc_constr.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/desc_constr.h
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ static inline void append_data(u32 * const desc, const void *data, int len)
 {
 	u32 *offset = desc_end(desc);
 
-	if (len) /* avoid sparse warning: memcpy with byte count of 0 */
+	/* Avoid gcc warning: memcpy with data == NULL */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_FSL_CAAM_DEBUG) || data)
 		memcpy(offset, data, len);
 
 	(*desc) = cpu_to_caam32(caam32_to_cpu(*desc) +