diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
index 2bfc8a7c88c11e1d4f20d4d3c58e62063c76328f..dccad38b59a8d741fe5f442b558b63de2b4d931d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ static void __exit aesni_exit(void)
 	crypto_fpu_exit();
 }
 
-module_init(aesni_init);
+late_initcall(aesni_init);
 module_exit(aesni_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Rijndael (AES) Cipher Algorithm, Intel AES-NI instructions optimized");
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_accel_engine.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_accel_engine.c
index 7f8b66c915ed4bd7341961df49470e55bb767278..fdda8e7ae302511bec5c0e1c18d2c5c4b2b3d351 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_accel_engine.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_accel_engine.c
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ void adf_ae_fw_release(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 
 	qat_uclo_del_uof_obj(loader_data->fw_loader);
 	qat_hal_deinit(loader_data->fw_loader);
-
-	if (loader_data->uof_fw)
-		release_firmware(loader_data->uof_fw);
-
+	release_firmware(loader_data->uof_fw);
 	loader_data->uof_fw = NULL;
 	loader_data->fw_loader = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_transport.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_transport.c
index ccec327489daa5e6a64942b3d7d754da7eb36bed..db2926bff8a5bc843741b7cf56facb114ab853b7 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_transport.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int adf_init_bank(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev,
 err:
 	for (i = 0; i < ADF_ETR_MAX_RINGS_PER_BANK; i++) {
 		ring = &bank->rings[i];
-		if (hw_data->tx_rings_mask & (1 << i) && ring->inflights)
+		if (hw_data->tx_rings_mask & (1 << i))
 			kfree(ring->inflights);
 	}
 	return -ENOMEM;