diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c
index cc22561c30fe..660830c36e14 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <crypto/internal/aead.h>
 #include <crypto/internal/skcipher.h>
 #include <crypto/scatterwalk.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
@@ -919,7 +920,7 @@ static int kmb_ocs_aead_run(struct aead_request *req)
 
 	/* For GCM decrypt, we have to compare in_tag with out_tag. */
 	if (rctx->instruction == OCS_DECRYPT) {
-		rc = memcmp(rctx->in_tag, rctx->out_tag, tag_size) ?
+		rc = crypto_memneq(rctx->in_tag, rctx->out_tag, tag_size) ?
 		     -EBADMSG : 0;
 		goto exit;
 	}