rx_size = payload_length;
        if (payload_length) {
                u32 checksum = 0, data_crc = 0;
-               u32 padding = 0, pad_bytes = 0;
+               u32 padding = 0;
                int niov = 0, rx_got;
-               struct kvec iov[3];
+               struct kvec iov[2];
 
-               text_in = kzalloc(payload_length, GFP_KERNEL);
+               rx_size = ALIGN(payload_length, 4);
+               text_in = kzalloc(rx_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!text_in)
                        goto reject;
 
                cmd->text_in_ptr = text_in;
 
-               memset(iov, 0, 3 * sizeof(struct kvec));
+               memset(iov, 0, sizeof(iov));
                iov[niov].iov_base      = text_in;
-               iov[niov++].iov_len     = payload_length;
+               iov[niov++].iov_len     = rx_size;
 
-               padding = ((-payload_length) & 3);
-               if (padding != 0) {
-                       iov[niov].iov_base = &pad_bytes;
-                       iov[niov++].iov_len  = padding;
-                       rx_size += padding;
+               padding = rx_size - payload_length;
+               if (padding)
                        pr_debug("Receiving %u additional bytes"
                                        " for padding.\n", padding);
-               }
                if (conn->conn_ops->DataDigest) {
                        iov[niov].iov_base      = &checksum;
                        iov[niov++].iov_len     = ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                        goto reject;
 
                if (conn->conn_ops->DataDigest) {
-                       iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(conn->conn_rx_hash, text_in,
-                                                 payload_length, padding,
-                                                 &pad_bytes, &data_crc);
+                       iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(conn->conn_rx_hash,
+                                                 text_in, rx_size, 0, NULL,
+                                                 &data_crc);
 
                        if (checksum != data_crc) {
                                pr_err("Text data CRC32C DataDigest"