diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
index 12649c9fedab..8654494b4d0a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
@@ -237,9 +237,6 @@ make_checksum_hmac_md5(struct krb5_ctx *kctx, char *header, int hdrlen,
 
 	ahash_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP, NULL, NULL);
 
-	err = crypto_ahash_init(req);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 	err = crypto_ahash_setkey(hmac_md5, cksumkey, kctx->gk5e->keylength);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;