diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 64026e53722a..56004965d351 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -105,19 +105,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_calculate_md5(char *dst,
 	struct crypto_shash *tfm;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&crypt_stat->cs_hash_tfm_mutex);
 	tfm = crypt_stat->hash_tfm;
-	if (!tfm) {
-		tfm = crypto_alloc_shash(ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_HASH, 0, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
-			rc = PTR_ERR(tfm);
-			ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error attempting to "
-					"allocate crypto context; rc = [%d]\n",
-					rc);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		crypt_stat->hash_tfm = tfm;
-	}
 	rc = ecryptfs_hash_digest(tfm, src, len, dst);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
@@ -126,7 +114,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_calculate_md5(char *dst,
 		goto out;
 	}
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_hash_tfm_mutex);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -207,16 +194,29 @@ int ecryptfs_derive_iv(char *iv, struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
  *
  * Initialize the crypt_stat structure.
  */
-void
-ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
+int ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
 {
+	struct crypto_shash *tfm;
+	int rc;
+
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_shash(ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_HASH, 0, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(tfm);
+		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error attempting to "
+				"allocate crypto context; rc = [%d]\n",
+				rc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
 	memset((void *)crypt_stat, 0, sizeof(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&crypt_stat->keysig_list);
 	mutex_init(&crypt_stat->keysig_list_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&crypt_stat->cs_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&crypt_stat->cs_hash_tfm_mutex);
+	crypt_stat->hash_tfm = tfm;
 	crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_STRUCT_INITIALIZED;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index d123fbaa28e0..c7761a91cc2c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat {
 	struct list_head keysig_list;
 	struct mutex keysig_list_mutex;
 	struct mutex cs_tfm_mutex;
-	struct mutex cs_hash_tfm_mutex;
 	struct mutex cs_mutex;
 };
 
@@ -577,7 +576,7 @@ int virt_to_scatterlist(const void *addr, int size, struct scatterlist *sg,
 			int sg_size);
 int ecryptfs_compute_root_iv(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat);
 void ecryptfs_rotate_iv(unsigned char *iv);
-void ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat);
+int ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat);
 void ecryptfs_destroy_crypt_stat(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat);
 void ecryptfs_destroy_mount_crypt_stat(
 	struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 121114e9a464..0caec70a8f17 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -898,8 +898,11 @@ static int ecryptfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
 	struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat;
 
 	crypt_stat = &ecryptfs_inode_to_private(d_inode(dentry))->crypt_stat;
-	if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_STRUCT_INITIALIZED))
-		ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(crypt_stat);
+	if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_STRUCT_INITIALIZED)) {
+		rc = ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(crypt_stat);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
 	inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	lower_inode = ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode);
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/super.c b/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
index 77a486d3a51b..85411ceb0508 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ static struct inode *ecryptfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	inode_info = kmem_cache_alloc(ecryptfs_inode_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!inode_info))
 		goto out;
-	ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(&inode_info->crypt_stat);
+	if (ecryptfs_init_crypt_stat(&inode_info->crypt_stat)) {
+		kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_inode_info_cache, inode_info);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	mutex_init(&inode_info->lower_file_mutex);
 	atomic_set(&inode_info->lower_file_count, 0);
 	inode_info->lower_file = NULL;