diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 90ebfcae0ce6..2b3103c30857 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -5417,7 +5417,7 @@ static int drbd_do_auth(struct drbd_connection *connection)
 	unsigned int key_len;
 	char secret[SHARED_SECRET_MAX]; /* 64 byte */
 	unsigned int resp_size;
-	SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(desc, connection->cram_hmac_tfm);
+	struct shash_desc *desc;
 	struct packet_info pi;
 	struct net_conf *nc;
 	int err, rv;
@@ -5430,6 +5430,13 @@ static int drbd_do_auth(struct drbd_connection *connection)
 	memcpy(secret, nc->shared_secret, key_len);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	desc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct shash_desc) +
+		       crypto_shash_descsize(connection->cram_hmac_tfm),
+		       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!desc) {
+		rv = -1;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 	desc->tfm = connection->cram_hmac_tfm;
 
 	rv = crypto_shash_setkey(connection->cram_hmac_tfm, (u8 *)secret, key_len);
@@ -5571,7 +5578,10 @@ static int drbd_do_auth(struct drbd_connection *connection)
 	kfree(peers_ch);
 	kfree(response);
 	kfree(right_response);
-	shash_desc_zero(desc);
+	if (desc) {
+		shash_desc_zero(desc);
+		kfree(desc);
+	}
 
 	return rv;
 }