diff --git a/drivers/crypto/n2_core.c b/drivers/crypto/n2_core.c
index 7263c10a56ee..f8e3207fecb1 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/n2_core.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/n2_core.c
@@ -445,10 +445,7 @@ static int n2_hmac_async_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
 	struct n2_hmac_ctx *ctx = crypto_ahash_ctx(tfm);
 	struct crypto_shash *child_shash = ctx->child_shash;
 	struct crypto_ahash *fallback_tfm;
-	struct {
-		struct shash_desc shash;
-		char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(child_shash)];
-	} desc;
+	SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(shash, child_shash);
 	int err, bs, ds;
 
 	fallback_tfm = ctx->base.fallback_tfm;
@@ -456,15 +453,15 @@ static int n2_hmac_async_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	desc.shash.tfm = child_shash;
-	desc.shash.flags = crypto_ahash_get_flags(tfm) &
+	shash->tfm = child_shash;
+	shash->flags = crypto_ahash_get_flags(tfm) &
 		CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
 
 	bs = crypto_shash_blocksize(child_shash);
 	ds = crypto_shash_digestsize(child_shash);
 	BUG_ON(ds > N2_HASH_KEY_MAX);
 	if (keylen > bs) {
-		err = crypto_shash_digest(&desc.shash, key, keylen,
+		err = crypto_shash_digest(shash, key, keylen,
 					  ctx->hash_key);
 		if (err)
 			return err;