diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
index e116f0e845c0..98f75e5811c8 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ static int chap_server_compute_md5(
 	auth_ret = 0;
 out:
 	kzfree(desc);
-	crypto_free_shash(tfm);
+	if (tfm)
+		crypto_free_shash(tfm);
 	kfree(challenge);
 	kfree(challenge_binhex);
 	return auth_ret;