diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cros_ec_codec.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cros_ec_codec.c
index d3dc42aa6825..bfdd852bdc0d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cros_ec_codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cros_ec_codec.c
@@ -115,14 +115,7 @@ static int calculate_sha256(struct cros_ec_codec_priv *priv,
 		return PTR_ERR(tfm);
 	}
 
-	{
-		SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(desc, tfm);
-
-		desc->tfm = tfm;
-
-		crypto_shash_digest(desc, buf, size, digest);
-		shash_desc_zero(desc);
-	}
+	crypto_shash_tfm_digest(tfm, buf, size, digest);
 
 	crypto_free_shash(tfm);