diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 4e0726aa53b0cc12ca1759b00f7579035121870c..3313901a48614ff4ef5f2e902e7197de2a2c89e9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static int drbd_nl_net_conf(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_nl_cfg_req *nlp,
 			goto fail;
 		}
 
-		if (crypto_tfm_alg_type(crypto_hash_tfm(tfm)) != CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_SHASH) {
+		if (!drbd_crypto_is_hash(crypto_hash_tfm(tfm))) {
 			retcode = ERR_AUTH_ALG_ND;
 			goto fail;
 		}