diff --git a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
index 38432721069f7b9a99b62405ff1f32356028c0c7..9348060cc32f1ad72ec04adf5db2e8f7abe618a7 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
@@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ static void virtio_crypto_ablkcipher_finalize_req(
 		scatterwalk_map_and_copy(req->info, req->dst,
 					 req->nbytes - AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
 					 AES_BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
-	crypto_finalize_ablkcipher_request(vc_sym_req->base.dataq->engine,
-					   req, err);
 	kzfree(vc_sym_req->iv);
 	virtcrypto_clear_request(&vc_sym_req->base);
+
+	crypto_finalize_ablkcipher_request(vc_sym_req->base.dataq->engine,
+					   req, err);
 }
 
 static struct virtio_crypto_algo virtio_crypto_algs[] = { {