diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 5e7cd603d489..4fe95c448047 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -74,15 +75,26 @@ static void crypto_free_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst)
 	inst->alg.cra_type->free(inst);
 }
 
-static void crypto_destroy_instance(struct crypto_alg *alg)
+static void crypto_destroy_instance_workfn(struct work_struct *w)
 {
-	struct crypto_instance *inst = (void *)alg;
+	struct crypto_instance *inst = container_of(w, struct crypto_instance,
+						    free_work);
 	struct crypto_template *tmpl = inst->tmpl;
 
 	crypto_free_instance(inst);
 	crypto_tmpl_put(tmpl);
 }
 
+static void crypto_destroy_instance(struct crypto_alg *alg)
+{
+	struct crypto_instance *inst = container_of(alg,
+						    struct crypto_instance,
+						    alg);
+
+	INIT_WORK(&inst->free_work, crypto_destroy_instance_workfn);
+	schedule_work(&inst->free_work);
+}
+
 /*
  * This function adds a spawn to the list secondary_spawns which
  * will be used at the end of crypto_remove_spawns to unregister
diff --git a/include/crypto/algapi.h b/include/crypto/algapi.h
index 6156161b181f..ca86f4c6ba43 100644
--- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
+++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/cache.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 /*
  * Maximum values for blocksize and alignmask, used to allocate
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ struct crypto_instance {
 		struct crypto_spawn *spawns;
 	};
 
+	struct work_struct free_work;
+
 	void *__ctx[] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR;
 };