diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/cesa/cipher.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/cesa/cipher.c
index cf62db50f958..48c5c8ea8c43 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/cesa/cipher.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/cesa/cipher.c
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ static int mv_cesa_skcipher_queue_req(struct skcipher_request *req,
 	struct mv_cesa_skcipher_req *creq = skcipher_request_ctx(req);
 	struct mv_cesa_engine *engine;
 
+	if (!req->cryptlen)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = mv_cesa_skcipher_req_init(req, tmpl);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;