diff --git a/crypto/chacha20_generic.c b/crypto/chacha20_generic.c
index 395e0f85e4cb..56603afbf6bd 100644
--- a/crypto/chacha20_generic.c
+++ b/crypto/chacha20_generic.c
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@ static inline u32 le32_to_cpuvp(const void *p)
 static void chacha20_docrypt(u32 *state, u8 *dst, const u8 *src,
 			     unsigned int bytes)
 {
-	u32 stream[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS];
+	/* aligned to potentially speed up crypto_xor() */
+	u8 stream[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE] __aligned(sizeof(long));
 
 	if (dst != src)
 		memcpy(dst, src, bytes);
 
 	while (bytes >= CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE) {
 		chacha20_block(state, stream);
-		crypto_xor(dst, (const u8 *)stream, CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE);
+		crypto_xor(dst, stream, CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE);
 		bytes -= CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE;
 		dst += CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE;
 	}
 	if (bytes) {
 		chacha20_block(state, stream);
-		crypto_xor(dst, (const u8 *)stream, bytes);
+		crypto_xor(dst, stream, bytes);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index cf3b6e04f59f..4a4922742a9d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ static int crng_init_cnt = 0;
 static unsigned long crng_global_init_time = 0;
 #define CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH (2*CHACHA20_KEY_SIZE)
 static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
-			  __u32 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS]);
+			  __u8 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE]);
 static void _crng_backtrack_protect(struct crng_state *crng,
-				    __u32 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS], int used);
+				    __u8 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE], int used);
 static void process_random_ready_list(void);
 static void _get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes);
 
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 	unsigned long	flags;
 	int		i, num;
 	union {
-		__u32	block[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS];
+		__u8	block[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE];
 		__u32	key[8];
 	} buf;
 
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 }
 
 static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
-			  __u32 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS])
+			  __u8 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE])
 {
 	unsigned long flags, init_time;
 
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crng->lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void extract_crng(__u32 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS])
+static void extract_crng(__u8 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE])
 {
 	_extract_crng(select_crng(), out);
 }
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static void extract_crng(__u32 out[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS])
  * enough) to mutate the CRNG key to provide backtracking protection.
  */
 static void _crng_backtrack_protect(struct crng_state *crng,
-				    __u32 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS], int used)
+				    __u8 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE], int used)
 {
 	unsigned long	flags;
 	__u32		*s, *d;
@@ -1106,14 +1106,14 @@ static void _crng_backtrack_protect(struct crng_state *crng,
 		used = 0;
 	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&crng->lock, flags);
-	s = &tmp[used / sizeof(__u32)];
+	s = (__u32 *) &tmp[used];
 	d = &crng->state[4];
 	for (i=0; i < 8; i++)
 		*d++ ^= *s++;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crng->lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void crng_backtrack_protect(__u32 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS], int used)
+static void crng_backtrack_protect(__u8 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE], int used)
 {
 	_crng_backtrack_protect(select_crng(), tmp, used);
 }
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static void crng_backtrack_protect(__u32 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS], int used)
 static ssize_t extract_crng_user(void __user *buf, size_t nbytes)
 {
 	ssize_t ret = 0, i = CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE;
-	__u32 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS];
+	__u8 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE] __aligned(4);
 	int large_request = (nbytes > 256);
 
 	while (nbytes) {
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ static void _warn_unseeded_randomness(const char *func_name, void *caller,
  */
 static void _get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 {
-	__u32 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS];
+	__u8 tmp[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE] __aligned(4);
 
 	trace_get_random_bytes(nbytes, _RET_IP_);
 
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ u64 get_random_u64(void)
 	batch = raw_cpu_ptr(&batched_entropy_u64);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&batch->batch_lock, flags);
 	if (batch->position % ARRAY_SIZE(batch->entropy_u64) == 0) {
-		extract_crng((__u32 *)batch->entropy_u64);
+		extract_crng((u8 *)batch->entropy_u64);
 		batch->position = 0;
 	}
 	ret = batch->entropy_u64[batch->position++];
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ u32 get_random_u32(void)
 	batch = raw_cpu_ptr(&batched_entropy_u32);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&batch->batch_lock, flags);
 	if (batch->position % ARRAY_SIZE(batch->entropy_u32) == 0) {
-		extract_crng(batch->entropy_u32);
+		extract_crng((u8 *)batch->entropy_u32);
 		batch->position = 0;
 	}
 	ret = batch->entropy_u32[batch->position++];
diff --git a/include/crypto/chacha20.h b/include/crypto/chacha20.h
index 97416284dd79..0b8deb5e8291 100644
--- a/include/crypto/chacha20.h
+++ b/include/crypto/chacha20.h
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@
 #define CHACHA20_IV_SIZE	16
 #define CHACHA20_KEY_SIZE	32
 #define CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE	64
-#define CHACHA20_BLOCK_WORDS	(CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE / sizeof(u32))
 
 struct chacha20_ctx {
 	u32 key[8];
 };
 
-void chacha20_block(u32 *state, u32 *stream);
+void chacha20_block(u32 *state, u8 *stream);
 void crypto_chacha20_init(u32 *state, struct chacha20_ctx *ctx, u8 *iv);
 int crypto_chacha20_setkey(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, const u8 *key,
 			   unsigned int keysize);
diff --git a/lib/chacha20.c b/lib/chacha20.c
index 29d3801dee24..5f6c222e939a 100644
--- a/lib/chacha20.c
+++ b/lib/chacha20.c
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ static inline u32 rotl32(u32 v, u8 n)
 	return (v << n) | (v >> (sizeof(v) * 8 - n));
 }
 
-void chacha20_block(u32 *state, u32 *stream)
+void chacha20_block(u32 *state, u8 *stream)
 {
-	u32 x[16], *out = stream;
+	u32 x[16];
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(x); i++)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void chacha20_block(u32 *state, u32 *stream)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(x); i++)
-		out[i] = cpu_to_le32(x[i] + state[i]);
+		put_unaligned_le32(x[i] + state[i], &stream[i * sizeof(u32)]);
 
 	state[12]++;
 }