diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 189ea3e8e8a04..0e7eff7f1cd27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ static struct crypto_aead *macsec_alloc_tfm(char *key, int key_len, int icv_len)
 	struct crypto_aead *tfm;
 	int ret;
 
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_aead("gcm(aes)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_aead("gcm(aes)", 0, 0);
 	if (!tfm || IS_ERR(tfm))
 		return NULL;