};
 
 static int
-alloc_tfm(struct crypto_hash **tfm, char *tfm_name, int err_alg, int err_nd)
+alloc_hash(struct crypto_hash **tfm, char *tfm_name, int err_alg)
 {
        if (!tfm_name[0])
                return NO_ERROR;
                return err_alg;
        }
 
-       if (!drbd_crypto_is_hash(crypto_hash_tfm(*tfm)))
-               return err_nd;
-
        return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
        enum drbd_ret_code rv;
        int hash_size;
 
-       rv = alloc_tfm(&crypto->csums_tfm, new_conf->csums_alg,
-                      ERR_CSUMS_ALG, ERR_CSUMS_ALG_ND);
+       rv = alloc_hash(&crypto->csums_tfm, new_conf->csums_alg,
+                      ERR_CSUMS_ALG);
        if (rv != NO_ERROR)
                return rv;
-       rv = alloc_tfm(&crypto->verify_tfm, new_conf->verify_alg,
-                      ERR_VERIFY_ALG, ERR_VERIFY_ALG_ND);
+       rv = alloc_hash(&crypto->verify_tfm, new_conf->verify_alg,
+                      ERR_VERIFY_ALG);
        if (rv != NO_ERROR)
                return rv;
-       rv = alloc_tfm(&crypto->integrity_tfm, new_conf->integrity_alg,
-                      ERR_INTEGRITY_ALG, ERR_INTEGRITY_ALG_ND);
+       rv = alloc_hash(&crypto->integrity_tfm, new_conf->integrity_alg,
+                      ERR_INTEGRITY_ALG);
        if (rv != NO_ERROR)
                return rv;
-       rv = alloc_tfm(&crypto->peer_integrity_tfm, new_conf->integrity_alg,
-                      ERR_INTEGRITY_ALG, ERR_INTEGRITY_ALG_ND);
+       rv = alloc_hash(&crypto->peer_integrity_tfm, new_conf->integrity_alg,
+                      ERR_INTEGRITY_ALG);
        if (rv != NO_ERROR)
                return rv;
        if (new_conf->cram_hmac_alg[0] != 0) {
                snprintf(hmac_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "hmac(%s)",
                         new_conf->cram_hmac_alg);
 
-               rv = alloc_tfm(&crypto->cram_hmac_tfm, hmac_name,
-                              ERR_AUTH_ALG, ERR_AUTH_ALG_ND);
+               rv = alloc_hash(&crypto->cram_hmac_tfm, hmac_name,
+                              ERR_AUTH_ALG);
        }
        if (crypto->integrity_tfm) {
                hash_size = crypto_hash_digestsize(crypto->integrity_tfm);