diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
index 8fd44703115f..359fb7989dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ static int adf_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
-	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
-	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
-	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
-	 */
-	instances = 0;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		bank = i * 2;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
index 59e122afa434..994e43fab0a4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
@@ -136,13 +136,6 @@ int qat_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
-	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
-	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
-	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
-	 */
-	instances = 0;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		snprintf(key, sizeof(key), ADF_CY "%d" ADF_RING_ASYM_BANK_NUM, i);