diff --git a/crypto/aead.c b/crypto/aead.c
index 9b18a1e40d6a..b155cbc3a0dd 100644
--- a/crypto/aead.c
+++ b/crypto/aead.c
@@ -346,9 +346,13 @@ static int aead_prepare_alg(struct aead_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_alg *base = &alg->base;
 
-	if (max(alg->maxauthsize, alg->ivsize) > PAGE_SIZE / 8)
+	if (max3(alg->maxauthsize, alg->ivsize, alg->chunksize) >
+	    PAGE_SIZE / 8)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!alg->chunksize)
+		alg->chunksize = base->cra_blocksize;
+
 	base->cra_type = &crypto_aead_type;
 	base->cra_flags &= ~CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK;
 	base->cra_flags |= CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AEAD;
diff --git a/include/crypto/aead.h b/include/crypto/aead.h
index 75174f80a106..12f84327ca36 100644
--- a/include/crypto/aead.h
+++ b/include/crypto/aead.h
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ struct aead_request {
  *		 supplied during the decryption operation. This function is also
  *		 responsible for checking the authentication tag size for
  *		 validity.
- * @setkey: see struct ablkcipher_alg
- * @encrypt: see struct ablkcipher_alg
- * @decrypt: see struct ablkcipher_alg
- * @geniv: see struct ablkcipher_alg
- * @ivsize: see struct ablkcipher_alg
+ * @setkey: see struct skcipher_alg
+ * @encrypt: see struct skcipher_alg
+ * @decrypt: see struct skcipher_alg
+ * @geniv: see struct skcipher_alg
+ * @ivsize: see struct skcipher_alg
+ * @chunksize: see struct skcipher_alg
  * @init: Initialize the cryptographic transformation object. This function
  *	  is used to initialize the cryptographic transformation object.
  *	  This function is called only once at the instantiation time, right
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ struct aead_alg {
 
 	unsigned int ivsize;
 	unsigned int maxauthsize;
+	unsigned int chunksize;
 
 	struct crypto_alg base;
 };
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/aead.h b/include/crypto/internal/aead.h
index da3864991d4c..6ad8e31d3868 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/aead.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/aead.h
@@ -159,6 +159,27 @@ static inline struct aead_request *aead_get_backlog(struct aead_queue *queue)
 	return req ? container_of(req, struct aead_request, base) : NULL;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int crypto_aead_alg_chunksize(struct aead_alg *alg)
+{
+	return alg->chunksize;
+}
+
+/**
+ * crypto_aead_chunksize() - obtain chunk size
+ * @tfm: cipher handle
+ *
+ * The block size is set to one for ciphers such as CCM.  However,
+ * you still need to provide incremental updates in multiples of
+ * the underlying block size as the IV does not have sub-block
+ * granularity.  This is known in this API as the chunk size.
+ *
+ * Return: chunk size in bytes
+ */
+static inline unsigned int crypto_aead_chunksize(struct crypto_aead *tfm)
+{
+	return crypto_aead_alg_chunksize(crypto_aead_alg(tfm));
+}
+
 int crypto_register_aead(struct aead_alg *alg);
 void crypto_unregister_aead(struct aead_alg *alg);
 int crypto_register_aeads(struct aead_alg *algs, int count);