diff --git a/crypto/af_alg.c b/crypto/af_alg.c
index 9fcb91ea10c41bbe69d22289a4f344fde7f94808..5882ed46f1adbe82ace911bad9cd992f4a65ab05 100644
--- a/crypto/af_alg.c
+++ b/crypto/af_alg.c
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ int af_alg_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
+	ctx->init = true;
 
 	if (init) {
 		ctx->enc = enc;
@@ -858,7 +859,6 @@ int af_alg_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
 			memcpy(ctx->iv, con.iv->iv, ivsize);
 
 		ctx->aead_assoclen = con.aead_assoclen;
-		ctx->init = true;
 	}
 
 	while (size) {