diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
index c0ece44f303b6cac772b831318731dc4859f6636..df416e6c14684abc3bd7e463faaf10830b58bfcd 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ static void init_aead_job(struct aead_request *req,
 	if (unlikely(req->src != req->dst)) {
 		if (!edesc->mapped_dst_nents) {
 			dst_dma = 0;
+			out_options = 0;
 		} else if (edesc->mapped_dst_nents == 1) {
 			dst_dma = sg_dma_address(req->dst);
 			out_options = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c
index d290d6b41825e54d1ff1d9f316d3a1c2e35986bd..116cbc81fa8d92757c28d93880bc39813eeda590 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static struct aead_edesc *aead_edesc_alloc(struct aead_request *req,
 			dma_to_qm_sg_one_ext(&fd_sgt[0], qm_sg_dma +
 					     (1 + !!ivsize) * sizeof(*sg_table),
 					     out_len, 0);
-	} else if (mapped_dst_nents == 1) {
+	} else if (mapped_dst_nents <= 1) {
 		dma_to_qm_sg_one(&fd_sgt[0], sg_dma_address(req->dst), out_len,
 				 0);
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
index 2b2980a8a9b90ed33a887d6112266df53c41319f..b949944c8e55461baacf37643373d4dbb4f0ceca 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
@@ -559,6 +559,14 @@ static struct aead_edesc *aead_edesc_alloc(struct aead_request *req,
 			dpaa2_fl_set_addr(out_fle, qm_sg_dma +
 					  (1 + !!ivsize) * sizeof(*sg_table));
 		}
+	} else if (!mapped_dst_nents) {
+		/*
+		 * crypto engine requires the output entry to be present when
+		 * "frame list" FD is used.
+		 * Since engine does not support FMT=2'b11 (unused entry type),
+		 * leaving out_fle zeroized is the best option.
+		 */
+		goto skip_out_fle;
 	} else if (mapped_dst_nents == 1) {
 		dpaa2_fl_set_format(out_fle, dpaa2_fl_single);
 		dpaa2_fl_set_addr(out_fle, sg_dma_address(req->dst));
@@ -570,6 +578,7 @@ static struct aead_edesc *aead_edesc_alloc(struct aead_request *req,
 
 	dpaa2_fl_set_len(out_fle, out_len);
 
+skip_out_fle:
 	return edesc;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/qi.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/qi.c
index 9f08f84cca596e780c444f687c1a89735cfcf030..2d9b0485141fbfc74f13c51912ac402fe4fe8aba 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/qi.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/qi.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "desc_constr.h"
 
 #define PREHDR_RSLS_SHIFT	31
+#define PREHDR_ABS		BIT(25)
 
 /*
  * Use a reasonable backlog of frames (per CPU) as congestion threshold,
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ int caam_drv_ctx_update(struct caam_drv_ctx *drv_ctx, u32 *sh_desc)
 	 */
 	drv_ctx->prehdr[0] = cpu_to_caam32((1 << PREHDR_RSLS_SHIFT) |
 					   num_words);
+	drv_ctx->prehdr[1] = cpu_to_caam32(PREHDR_ABS);
 	memcpy(drv_ctx->sh_desc, sh_desc, desc_bytes(sh_desc));
 	dma_sync_single_for_device(qidev, drv_ctx->context_a,
 				   sizeof(drv_ctx->sh_desc) +
@@ -401,6 +403,7 @@ struct caam_drv_ctx *caam_drv_ctx_init(struct device *qidev,
 	 */
 	drv_ctx->prehdr[0] = cpu_to_caam32((1 << PREHDR_RSLS_SHIFT) |
 					   num_words);
+	drv_ctx->prehdr[1] = cpu_to_caam32(PREHDR_ABS);
 	memcpy(drv_ctx->sh_desc, sh_desc, desc_bytes(sh_desc));
 	size = sizeof(drv_ctx->prehdr) + sizeof(drv_ctx->sh_desc);
 	hwdesc = dma_map_single(qidev, drv_ctx->prehdr, size,