* overlow.
         */
        if (counter + nblks < counter) {
-               struct skcipher_request *subreq = skcipher_request_ctx(req);
+               SYNC_SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(subreq, ctx->sw_cipher.cipher);
                int ret;
 
-               skcipher_request_set_tfm(subreq, ctx->sw_cipher.cipher);
+               skcipher_request_set_sync_tfm(subreq, ctx->sw_cipher.cipher);
                skcipher_request_set_callback(subreq, req->base.flags,
                        NULL, NULL);
                skcipher_request_set_crypt(subreq, req->src, req->dst,
 {
        int rc;
 
-       crypto_skcipher_clear_flags(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher,
+       crypto_sync_skcipher_clear_flags(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher,
                                    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MASK);
-       crypto_skcipher_set_flags(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher,
+       crypto_sync_skcipher_set_flags(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher,
                crypto_skcipher_get_flags(cipher) & CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MASK);
-       rc = crypto_skcipher_setkey(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher, key, keylen);
+       rc = crypto_sync_skcipher_setkey(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher, key, keylen);
        crypto_skcipher_clear_flags(cipher, CRYPTO_TFM_RES_MASK);
        crypto_skcipher_set_flags(cipher,
-               crypto_skcipher_get_flags(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher) &
+               crypto_sync_skcipher_get_flags(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher) &
                        CRYPTO_TFM_RES_MASK);
 
        return rc;
 
 
        if (alg->base.cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK) {
                ctx->sw_cipher.cipher =
-                       crypto_alloc_skcipher(alg->base.cra_name, 0,
-                                             CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK |
-                                             CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+                       crypto_alloc_sync_skcipher(alg->base.cra_name, 0,
+                                             CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK);
                if (IS_ERR(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher))
                        return PTR_ERR(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher);
-
-               crypto_skcipher_set_reqsize(sk,
-                       sizeof(struct skcipher_request) + 32 +
-                       crypto_skcipher_reqsize(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher));
        }
 
        amcc_alg = container_of(alg, struct crypto4xx_alg, alg.u.cipher);
 
        crypto4xx_common_exit(ctx);
        if (ctx->sw_cipher.cipher)
-               crypto_free_skcipher(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher);
+               crypto_free_sync_skcipher(ctx->sw_cipher.cipher);
 }
 
 static int crypto4xx_aead_init(struct crypto_aead *tfm)