diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c
index 03856ad280b9349d650a0d06723a9f9da31e7c75..473d36d91644c2a00010d89dfc280d08c7ed343e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int adf_copy_key_value_data(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev,
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 
-		params_head = section_head->params;
+		params_head = section.params;
 
 		while (params_head) {
 			if (copy_from_user(&key_val, (void __user *)params_head,