diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chcr_algo.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chcr_algo.c
index f6b11610ed5b567e16f1d63fc9ef8f641ff1fabc..280377fc69e036b5718c2d82fa0189cdc209a7bb 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chcr_algo.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chcr_algo.c
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ static void  ulptx_walk_add_sg(struct ulptx_walk *walk,
 			skip = 0;
 		}
 	}
-	if (walk->nents == 0) {
+	WARN(!sg, "SG should not be null here\n");
+	if (sg && (walk->nents == 0)) {
 		small = min_t(unsigned int, sg_dma_len(sg) - skip_len, len);
 		sgmin = min_t(unsigned int, small, CHCR_SRC_SG_SIZE);
 		walk->sgl->len0 = cpu_to_be32(sgmin);