diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 1fad2a6b3bbb..6b52e8f0b95f 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -962,34 +962,66 @@ void crypto_inc(u8 *a, unsigned int size)
 	__be32 *b = (__be32 *)(a + size);
 	u32 c;
 
-	for (; size >= 4; size -= 4) {
-		c = be32_to_cpu(*--b) + 1;
-		*b = cpu_to_be32(c);
-		if (c)
-			return;
-	}
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) ||
+	    !((unsigned long)b & (__alignof__(*b) - 1)))
+		for (; size >= 4; size -= 4) {
+			c = be32_to_cpu(*--b) + 1;
+			*b = cpu_to_be32(c);
+			if (c)
+				return;
+		}
 
 	crypto_inc_byte(a, size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_inc);
 
-static inline void crypto_xor_byte(u8 *a, const u8 *b, unsigned int size)
+void __crypto_xor(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, unsigned int len)
 {
-	for (; size; size--)
-		*a++ ^= *b++;
+	int relalign = 0;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)) {
+		int size = sizeof(unsigned long);
+		int d = ((unsigned long)dst ^ (unsigned long)src) & (size - 1);
+
+		relalign = d ? 1 << __ffs(d) : size;
+
+		/*
+		 * If we care about alignment, process as many bytes as
+		 * needed to advance dst and src to values whose alignments
+		 * equal their relative alignment. This will allow us to
+		 * process the remainder of the input using optimal strides.
+		 */
+		while (((unsigned long)dst & (relalign - 1)) && len > 0) {
+			*dst++ ^= *src++;
+			len--;
+		}
+	}
+
+	while (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && len >= 8 && !(relalign & 7)) {
+		*(u64 *)dst ^= *(u64 *)src;
+		dst += 8;
+		src += 8;
+		len -= 8;
+	}
+
+	while (len >= 4 && !(relalign & 3)) {
+		*(u32 *)dst ^= *(u32 *)src;
+		dst += 4;
+		src += 4;
+		len -= 4;
+	}
+
+	while (len >= 2 && !(relalign & 1)) {
+		*(u16 *)dst ^= *(u16 *)src;
+		dst += 2;
+		src += 2;
+		len -= 2;
+	}
+
+	while (len--)
+		*dst++ ^= *src++;
 }
-
-void crypto_xor(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, unsigned int size)
-{
-	u32 *a = (u32 *)dst;
-	u32 *b = (u32 *)src;
-
-	for (; size >= 4; size -= 4)
-		*a++ ^= *b++;
-
-	crypto_xor_byte((u8 *)a, (u8 *)b, size);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_xor);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__crypto_xor);
 
 unsigned int crypto_alg_extsize(struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
diff --git a/crypto/cbc.c b/crypto/cbc.c
index 68f751a41a84..bc160a3186dc 100644
--- a/crypto/cbc.c
+++ b/crypto/cbc.c
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ static int crypto_cbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	inst->alg.base.cra_blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask = alg->cra_alignmask;
 
-	/* We access the data as u32s when xoring. */
-	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask |= __alignof__(u32) - 1;
-
 	inst->alg.ivsize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.min_keysize = alg->cra_cipher.cia_min_keysize;
 	inst->alg.max_keysize = alg->cra_cipher.cia_max_keysize;
diff --git a/crypto/cmac.c b/crypto/cmac.c
index 04080dca8f0c..16301f52858c 100644
--- a/crypto/cmac.c
+++ b/crypto/cmac.c
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ static int cmac_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_inst;
 
-	/* We access the data as u32s when xoring. */
-	alignmask = alg->cra_alignmask | (__alignof__(u32) - 1);
+	alignmask = alg->cra_alignmask;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask = alignmask;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_priority = alg->cra_priority;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
diff --git a/crypto/ctr.c b/crypto/ctr.c
index a9a7a44f2783..a4f4a8983169 100644
--- a/crypto/ctr.c
+++ b/crypto/ctr.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ctr_alloc(struct rtattr **tb)
 	inst->alg.cra_flags = CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_BLKCIPHER;
 	inst->alg.cra_priority = alg->cra_priority;
 	inst->alg.cra_blocksize = 1;
-	inst->alg.cra_alignmask = alg->cra_alignmask | (__alignof__(u32) - 1);
+	inst->alg.cra_alignmask = alg->cra_alignmask;
 	inst->alg.cra_type = &crypto_blkcipher_type;
 
 	inst->alg.cra_blkcipher.ivsize = alg->cra_blocksize;
diff --git a/crypto/cts.c b/crypto/cts.c
index a1335d6c35fb..243f591dc409 100644
--- a/crypto/cts.c
+++ b/crypto/cts.c
@@ -374,9 +374,6 @@ static int crypto_cts_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	inst->alg.base.cra_blocksize = alg->base.cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask = alg->base.cra_alignmask;
 
-	/* We access the data as u32s when xoring. */
-	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask |= __alignof__(u32) - 1;
-
 	inst->alg.ivsize = alg->base.cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.chunksize = crypto_skcipher_alg_chunksize(alg);
 	inst->alg.min_keysize = crypto_skcipher_alg_min_keysize(alg);
diff --git a/crypto/pcbc.c b/crypto/pcbc.c
index 11d248673ad4..29dd2b4a3b85 100644
--- a/crypto/pcbc.c
+++ b/crypto/pcbc.c
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ static int crypto_pcbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	inst->alg.base.cra_blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask = alg->cra_alignmask;
 
-	/* We access the data as u32s when xoring. */
-	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask |= __alignof__(u32) - 1;
-
 	inst->alg.ivsize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.min_keysize = alg->cra_cipher.cia_min_keysize;
 	inst->alg.max_keysize = alg->cra_cipher.cia_max_keysize;
diff --git a/crypto/seqiv.c b/crypto/seqiv.c
index c7049231861f..570b7d1aa0ca 100644
--- a/crypto/seqiv.c
+++ b/crypto/seqiv.c
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ static int seqiv_aead_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	if (IS_ERR(inst))
 		return PTR_ERR(inst);
 
-	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask |= __alignof__(u32) - 1;
-
 	spawn = aead_instance_ctx(inst);
 	alg = crypto_spawn_aead_alg(spawn);
 
diff --git a/include/crypto/algapi.h b/include/crypto/algapi.h
index 404e9558e879..ebe4ded0c55d 100644
--- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
+++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
@@ -191,9 +191,25 @@ static inline unsigned int crypto_queue_len(struct crypto_queue *queue)
 	return queue->qlen;
 }
 
-/* These functions require the input/output to be aligned as u32. */
 void crypto_inc(u8 *a, unsigned int size);
-void crypto_xor(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, unsigned int size);
+void __crypto_xor(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, unsigned int size);
+
+static inline void crypto_xor(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, unsigned int size)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) &&
+	    __builtin_constant_p(size) &&
+	    (size % sizeof(unsigned long)) == 0) {
+		unsigned long *d = (unsigned long *)dst;
+		unsigned long *s = (unsigned long *)src;
+
+		while (size > 0) {
+			*d++ ^= *s++;
+			size -= sizeof(unsigned long);
+		}
+	} else {
+		__crypto_xor(dst, src, size);
+	}
+}
 
 int blkcipher_walk_done(struct blkcipher_desc *desc,
 			struct blkcipher_walk *walk, int err);