diff --git a/include/crypto/acompress.h b/include/crypto/acompress.h
index 574cffc90730..80e243611fe2 100644
--- a/include/crypto/acompress.h
+++ b/include/crypto/acompress.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ static inline void acomp_request_set_tfm(struct acomp_req *req,
 	req->base.tfm = crypto_acomp_tfm(tfm);
 }
 
+static inline bool acomp_is_async(struct crypto_acomp *tfm)
+{
+	return crypto_comp_alg_common(tfm)->base.cra_flags &
+	       CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC;
+}
+
 static inline struct crypto_acomp *crypto_acomp_reqtfm(struct acomp_req *req)
 {
 	return __crypto_acomp_tfm(req->base.tfm);