diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 98ce24422424..21f41f25a8ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1343,8 +1343,7 @@ static struct crypto_aead *macsec_alloc_tfm(char *key, int key_len, int icv_len)
 	struct crypto_aead *tfm;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Pick a sync gcm(aes) cipher to ensure order is preserved. */
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_aead("gcm(aes)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_aead("gcm(aes)", 0, 0);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tfm))
 		return tfm;