diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-cipher.c b/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-cipher.c
index 06df336488fbc3dd12cb73e2997411b9b6479dc5..4b60f8fdd1c862ac965b33f4e7c3030023cfb7be 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-cipher.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-cipher.c
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ static int sun4i_ss_opti_poll(struct skcipher_request *areq)
 	if (!areq->cryptlen)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!areq->iv) {
-		dev_err_ratelimited(ss->dev, "ERROR: Empty IV\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (!areq->src || !areq->dst) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(ss->dev, "ERROR: Some SGs are NULL\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -157,11 +152,6 @@ static int sun4i_ss_cipher_poll(struct skcipher_request *areq)
 	if (!areq->cryptlen)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!areq->iv) {
-		dev_err_ratelimited(ss->dev, "ERROR: Empty IV\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (!areq->src || !areq->dst) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(ss->dev, "ERROR: Some SGs are NULL\n");
 		return -EINVAL;