diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c
index 542453c9ba1c..d09c6c4af4aa 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct ccp_dm_workarea {
 
 struct ccp_sg_workarea {
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
-	unsigned int nents;
+	int nents;
 
 	struct scatterlist *dma_sg;
 	struct device *dma_dev;
@@ -495,7 +495,10 @@ static int ccp_init_sg_workarea(struct ccp_sg_workarea *wa, struct device *dev,
 	if (!sg)
 		return 0;
 
-	wa->nents = sg_nents(sg);
+	wa->nents = sg_nents_for_len(sg, len);
+	if (wa->nents < 0)
+		return wa->nents;
+
 	wa->bytes_left = len;
 	wa->sg_used = 0;