diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 436a090b532b..4e0726aa53b0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -1271,8 +1271,7 @@ static int drbd_nl_net_conf(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_nl_cfg_req *nlp,
 			goto fail;
 		}
 
-		if (crypto_tfm_alg_type(crypto_hash_tfm(tfm))
-						!= CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_HASH) {
+		if (crypto_tfm_alg_type(crypto_hash_tfm(tfm)) != CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_SHASH) {
 			retcode = ERR_AUTH_ALG_ND;
 			goto fail;
 		}