diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/sha1-ce-glue.c b/arch/arm64/crypto/sha1-ce-glue.c
index efbeb3e0dcfb..70568e6db77b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/sha1-ce-glue.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/sha1-ce-glue.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int sha1_ce_finup(struct shash_desc *desc, const u8 *data,
 			 unsigned int len, u8 *out)
 {
 	struct sha1_ce_state *sctx = shash_desc_ctx(desc);
-	bool finalize = !sctx->sst.count && !(len % SHA1_BLOCK_SIZE);
+	bool finalize = !sctx->sst.count && !(len % SHA1_BLOCK_SIZE) && len;
 
 	if (!may_use_simd())
 		return crypto_sha1_finup(desc, data, len, out);