diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c
index 3ec9cd31420cb2b448f38e6223a637af6c52c27d..d158635de6c08dc8a66a0b2f89fd79bed0f12d78 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ make_spkm3_checksum(s32 cksumtype, struct xdr_netobj *key, char *header,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	err = crypto_hash_init(&desc);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	sg_set_buf(sg, header, hdrlen);
 	crypto_hash_update(&desc, sg, sg->length);