diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-hash.c b/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-hash.c
index 2ee3b59d5ddf3dd1d0aa3ca9d5e7f5cc42c200e8..1afeb8e5f709e4b6a796067872ba78905b62e30a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-hash.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sunxi-ss/sun4i-ss-hash.c
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ int sun4i_hash(struct ahash_request *areq)
 		if (end > areq->nbytes || areq->nbytes - end > 63) {
 			dev_err(ss->dev, "ERROR: Bound error %u %u\n",
 				end, areq->nbytes);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto release_ss;
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Since we have the flag final, we can go up to modulo 4 */