diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sahara.c b/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
index b65e2a5ab46f06d1a61d6c6b4e0f268fb05f14fc..822978d823aa9569dabbd1a568ec4d517919bedb 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ static int sahara_aes_process(struct ablkcipher_request *req)
 	reinit_completion(&dev->dma_completion);
 
 	ret = sahara_hw_descriptor_create(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&dev->dma_completion,
 				msecs_to_jiffies(SAHARA_TIMEOUT_MS));