diff --git a/crypto/aead.c b/crypto/aead.c
index 8cd45a7eb7af..1a5b118c301a 100644
--- a/crypto/aead.c
+++ b/crypto/aead.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ struct aead_instance *aead_geniv_alloc(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 		return ERR_CAST(algt);
 
 	if ((algt->type ^ (CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AEAD | CRYPTO_ALG_GENIV)) &
-	    algt->mask)
+	    algt->mask & ~CRYPTO_ALG_AEAD_NEW)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	name = crypto_attr_alg_name(tb[1]);
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ struct aead_instance *aead_geniv_alloc(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 	    CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME)
 		goto err_drop_alg;
 
-	inst->alg.base.cra_flags = alg->base.cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC;
+	inst->alg.base.cra_flags = alg->base.cra_flags &
+				   (CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC | CRYPTO_ALG_AEAD_NEW);
 	inst->alg.base.cra_priority = alg->base.cra_priority;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_blocksize = alg->base.cra_blocksize;
 	inst->alg.base.cra_alignmask = alg->base.cra_alignmask;