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diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index 2a81e98a0021..afe4610afc4b 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -257,6 +257,16 @@ struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_mod_lookup(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
mask |= CRYPTO_ALG_TESTED;
}
+ /*
+ * If the internal flag is set for a cipher, require a caller to
+ * to invoke the cipher with the internal flag to use that cipher.
+ * Also, if a caller wants to allocate a cipher that may or may
+ * not be an internal cipher, use type | CRYPTO_ALG_INTERNAL and
+ * !(mask & CRYPTO_ALG_INTERNAL).
+ */
+ if (!((type | mask) & CRYPTO_ALG_INTERNAL))
+ mask |= CRYPTO_ALG_INTERNAL;
+
larval = crypto_larval_lookup(name, type, mask);
if (IS_ERR(larval) || !crypto_is_larval(larval))
return larval;