diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c b/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c
index f15fc1fb3707..0888f4489a76 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c
@@ -1848,9 +1848,8 @@ static int sa_aead_setkey(struct crypto_aead *authenc,
 	crypto_aead_set_flags(ctx->fallback.aead,
 			      crypto_aead_get_flags(authenc) &
 			      CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MASK);
-	crypto_aead_setkey(ctx->fallback.aead, key, keylen);
 
-	return 0;
+	return crypto_aead_setkey(ctx->fallback.aead, key, keylen);
 }
 
 static int sa_aead_setauthsize(struct crypto_aead *tfm, unsigned int authsize)