diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h
index 5a4b1e0206e3..216738394f64 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ enum seal_alg {
 	SEAL_ALG_DES3KD = 0x0002
 };
 
-#define KRB5_CKSUM_LENGTH 8
-
 #define CKSUMTYPE_CRC32			0x0001
 #define CKSUMTYPE_RSA_MD4		0x0002
 #define CKSUMTYPE_RSA_MD4_DES		0x0003
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
index dedcbd6108f4..39c08b7e33af 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ gss_get_mic_kerberos(struct gss_ctx *gss_ctx, struct xdr_buf *text,
 			  md5cksum.data, md5cksum.len))
 		return GSS_S_FAILURE;
 
-	memcpy(krb5_hdr + 16, md5cksum.data + md5cksum.len - KRB5_CKSUM_LENGTH,
-	       KRB5_CKSUM_LENGTH);
+	memcpy(krb5_hdr + 16, md5cksum.data + md5cksum.len - 8, 8);
 
 	spin_lock(&krb5_seq_lock);
 	seq_send = ctx->seq_send++;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c
index 3bdc527ee64a..3cd99a795d7a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ gss_wrap_kerberos(struct gss_ctx *ctx, int offset,
 	if (krb5_encrypt(kctx->seq, NULL, md5cksum.data,
 			  md5cksum.data, md5cksum.len))
 		return GSS_S_FAILURE;
-	memcpy(krb5_hdr + 16,
-	       md5cksum.data + md5cksum.len - KRB5_CKSUM_LENGTH,
-	       KRB5_CKSUM_LENGTH);
+	memcpy(krb5_hdr + 16, md5cksum.data + md5cksum.len - 8, 8);
 
 	spin_lock(&krb5_seq_lock);
 	seq_send = kctx->seq_send++;