diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c b/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c
index 6238d34f8db2..94eb6f6afa25 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sa2ul.c
@@ -1869,9 +1869,8 @@ 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)