diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1-mb/sha1_mb.c b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1-mb/sha1_mb.c
index e17655ffde7937d6e0a80b3e157dffcdc7d6b896..4b2430274935bf2a9ba0df141e0dadd2f9ed2a43 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1-mb/sha1_mb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1-mb/sha1_mb.c
@@ -871,7 +871,14 @@ static struct ahash_alg sha1_mb_async_alg = {
 		.base = {
 			.cra_name               = "sha1",
 			.cra_driver_name        = "sha1_mb",
-			.cra_priority           = 200,
+			/*
+			 * Low priority, since with few concurrent hash requests
+			 * this is extremely slow due to the flush delay.  Users
+			 * whose workloads would benefit from this can request
+			 * it explicitly by driver name, or can increase its
+			 * priority at runtime using NETLINK_CRYPTO.
+			 */
+			.cra_priority           = 50,
 			.cra_flags              = CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH | CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC,
 			.cra_blocksize          = SHA1_BLOCK_SIZE,
 			.cra_type               = &crypto_ahash_type,
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-mb/sha256_mb.c b/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-mb/sha256_mb.c
index 4c46ac1b66532f7d66641b4f43a87615fbe3d5e6..4c07f6c12c37b14fd88801a3c3d9402535703b97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-mb/sha256_mb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-mb/sha256_mb.c
@@ -870,7 +870,14 @@ static struct ahash_alg sha256_mb_async_alg = {
 		.base = {
 			.cra_name               = "sha256",
 			.cra_driver_name        = "sha256_mb",
-			.cra_priority           = 200,
+			/*
+			 * Low priority, since with few concurrent hash requests
+			 * this is extremely slow due to the flush delay.  Users
+			 * whose workloads would benefit from this can request
+			 * it explicitly by driver name, or can increase its
+			 * priority at runtime using NETLINK_CRYPTO.
+			 */
+			.cra_priority           = 50,
 			.cra_flags              = CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH |
 							CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC,
 			.cra_blocksize          = SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE,
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c b/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c
index 39e2bbdc1836700def01f98bb7124bf1cbebb50b..6a8c31581604c575dff7e8362beffe5809d16dca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c
@@ -904,7 +904,14 @@ static struct ahash_alg sha512_mb_async_alg = {
 		.base = {
 			.cra_name               = "sha512",
 			.cra_driver_name        = "sha512_mb",
-			.cra_priority           = 200,
+			/*
+			 * Low priority, since with few concurrent hash requests
+			 * this is extremely slow due to the flush delay.  Users
+			 * whose workloads would benefit from this can request
+			 * it explicitly by driver name, or can increase its
+			 * priority at runtime using NETLINK_CRYPTO.
+			 */
+			.cra_priority           = 50,
 			.cra_flags              = CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH |
 							CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC,
 			.cra_blocksize          = SHA512_BLOCK_SIZE,