diff --git a/crypto/ahash.c b/crypto/ahash.c
index f732dd9dedf9..a64c143165b1 100644
--- a/crypto/ahash.c
+++ b/crypto/ahash.c
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ int crypto_hash_walk_done(struct crypto_hash_walk *walk, int err)
 
 	if (nbytes && walk->offset & alignmask && !err) {
 		walk->offset = ALIGN(walk->offset, alignmask + 1);
-		walk->data += walk->offset;
-
 		nbytes = min(nbytes,
 			     ((unsigned int)(PAGE_SIZE)) - walk->offset);
 		walk->entrylen -= nbytes;
 
-		return nbytes;
+		if (nbytes) {
+			walk->data += walk->offset;
+			return nbytes;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (walk->flags & CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC)