diff --git a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c
index 1ce1bf6d3bab..5f76c6e222c6 100644
--- a/crypto/cryptd.c
+++ b/crypto/cryptd.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static void cryptd_skcipher_free(struct skcipher_instance *inst)
 	struct skcipherd_instance_ctx *ctx = skcipher_instance_ctx(inst);
 
 	crypto_drop_skcipher(&ctx->spawn);
+	kfree(inst);
 }
 
 static int cryptd_create_skcipher(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_user_base.c b/crypto/crypto_user_base.c
index d5d5d155340b..c65e39005ce2 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_user_base.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto_user_base.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_match(struct crypto_user_alg *p, int exact)
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &crypto_alg_list, cra_list) {
 		int match = 0;
 
+		if (crypto_is_larval(q))
+			continue;
+
 		if ((q->cra_flags ^ p->cru_type) & p->cru_mask)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c
index 82b19e4f1189..2fd7a46d55ec 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 int mpi_powm(MPI res, MPI base, MPI exp, MPI mod)
 {
 	mpi_ptr_t mp_marker = NULL, bp_marker = NULL, ep_marker = NULL;
+	struct karatsuba_ctx karactx = {};
 	mpi_ptr_t xp_marker = NULL;
 	mpi_ptr_t tspace = NULL;
 	mpi_ptr_t rp, ep, mp, bp;
@@ -150,13 +151,11 @@ int mpi_powm(MPI res, MPI base, MPI exp, MPI mod)
 		int c;
 		mpi_limb_t e;
 		mpi_limb_t carry_limb;
-		struct karatsuba_ctx karactx;
 
 		xp = xp_marker = mpi_alloc_limb_space(2 * (msize + 1));
 		if (!xp)
 			goto enomem;
 
-		memset(&karactx, 0, sizeof karactx);
 		negative_result = (ep[0] & 1) && base->sign;
 
 		i = esize - 1;
@@ -281,8 +280,6 @@ int mpi_powm(MPI res, MPI base, MPI exp, MPI mod)
 		if (mod_shift_cnt)
 			mpihelp_rshift(rp, rp, rsize, mod_shift_cnt);
 		MPN_NORMALIZE(rp, rsize);
-
-		mpihelp_release_karatsuba_ctx(&karactx);
 	}
 
 	if (negative_result && rsize) {
@@ -299,6 +296,7 @@ int mpi_powm(MPI res, MPI base, MPI exp, MPI mod)
 leave:
 	rc = 0;
 enomem:
+	mpihelp_release_karatsuba_ctx(&karactx);
 	if (assign_rp)
 		mpi_assign_limb_space(res, rp, size);
 	if (mp_marker)