diff --git a/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ss/sun8i-ss-cipher.c b/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ss/sun8i-ss-cipher.c
index deb8b39a86db..ed2a69f82e1c 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ss/sun8i-ss-cipher.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ss/sun8i-ss-cipher.c
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ static int sun8i_ss_cipher(struct skcipher_request *areq)
 			offset = areq->cryptlen - ivsize;
 			if (rctx->op_dir & SS_DECRYPTION) {
 				memcpy(areq->iv, backup_iv, ivsize);
-				memzero_explicit(backup_iv, ivsize);
 				kfree_sensitive(backup_iv);
 			} else {
 				scatterwalk_map_and_copy(areq->iv, areq->dst, offset,