diff --git a/crypto/lrw.c b/crypto/lrw.c
index ecd8474018e3bde6d16d44c66da6844b6c78ad26..3ea095adafd9af0067f695c4c70e2af702f70923 100644
--- a/crypto/lrw.c
+++ b/crypto/lrw.c
@@ -286,8 +286,11 @@ static int init_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req, crypto_completion_t done)
 
 	subreq->cryptlen = LRW_BUFFER_SIZE;
 	if (req->cryptlen > LRW_BUFFER_SIZE) {
-		subreq->cryptlen = min(req->cryptlen, (unsigned)PAGE_SIZE);
-		rctx->ext = kmalloc(subreq->cryptlen, gfp);
+		unsigned int n = min(req->cryptlen, (unsigned int)PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		rctx->ext = kmalloc(n, gfp);
+		if (rctx->ext)
+			subreq->cryptlen = n;
 	}
 
 	rctx->src = req->src;
diff --git a/crypto/xts.c b/crypto/xts.c
index baeb34dd8582ebd11473ebb8e2ed5eadd7d2f71b..c976bfac29da526844f6a5578fea1455945c26f3 100644
--- a/crypto/xts.c
+++ b/crypto/xts.c
@@ -230,8 +230,11 @@ static int init_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req, crypto_completion_t done)
 
 	subreq->cryptlen = XTS_BUFFER_SIZE;
 	if (req->cryptlen > XTS_BUFFER_SIZE) {
-		subreq->cryptlen = min(req->cryptlen, (unsigned)PAGE_SIZE);
-		rctx->ext = kmalloc(subreq->cryptlen, gfp);
+		unsigned int n = min(req->cryptlen, (unsigned int)PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		rctx->ext = kmalloc(n, gfp);
+		if (rctx->ext)
+			subreq->cryptlen = n;
 	}
 
 	rctx->src = req->src;