diff --git a/crypto/chainiv.c b/crypto/chainiv.c
index 38868d160b47..d17fa0454dc3 100644
--- a/crypto/chainiv.c
+++ b/crypto/chainiv.c
@@ -16,16 +16,34 @@
 #include <crypto/internal/skcipher.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+enum {
+	CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE = 0,
+};
 
 struct chainiv_ctx {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	char iv[];
 };
 
+struct async_chainiv_ctx {
+	unsigned long state;
+
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	int err;
+
+	struct crypto_queue queue;
+	struct work_struct postponed;
+
+	char iv[];
+};
+
 static int chainiv_givencrypt(struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
 {
 	struct crypto_ablkcipher *geniv = skcipher_givcrypt_reqtfm(req);
@@ -80,26 +98,187 @@ static int chainiv_givencrypt_first(struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
 	return chainiv_givencrypt(req);
 }
 
-static int chainiv_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
+static int chainiv_init_common(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
 {
-	struct crypto_ablkcipher *geniv = __crypto_ablkcipher_cast(tfm);
-	struct chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_ablkcipher_ctx(geniv);
-
-	spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
-
 	tfm->crt_ablkcipher.reqsize = sizeof(struct ablkcipher_request);
 
 	return skcipher_geniv_init(tfm);
 }
 
+static int chainiv_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
+{
+	struct chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
+
+	spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
+
+	return chainiv_init_common(tfm);
+}
+
+static int async_chainiv_schedule_work(struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	int queued;
+
+	if (!ctx->queue.qlen) {
+		smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
+		clear_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state);
+
+		if (!ctx->queue.qlen ||
+		    test_and_set_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	queued = schedule_work(&ctx->postponed);
+	BUG_ON(!queued);
+
+out:
+	return ctx->err;
+}
+
+static int async_chainiv_postpone_request(struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
+{
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *geniv = skcipher_givcrypt_reqtfm(req);
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_ablkcipher_ctx(geniv);
+	int err;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&ctx->lock);
+	err = skcipher_enqueue_givcrypt(&ctx->queue, req);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ctx->lock);
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state))
+		return err;
+
+	ctx->err = err;
+	return async_chainiv_schedule_work(ctx);
+}
+
+static int async_chainiv_givencrypt_tail(struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
+{
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *geniv = skcipher_givcrypt_reqtfm(req);
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_ablkcipher_ctx(geniv);
+	struct ablkcipher_request *subreq = skcipher_givcrypt_reqctx(req);
+	unsigned int ivsize = crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(geniv);
+
+	memcpy(req->giv, ctx->iv, ivsize);
+	memcpy(subreq->info, ctx->iv, ivsize);
+
+	ctx->err = crypto_ablkcipher_encrypt(subreq);
+	if (ctx->err)
+		goto out;
+
+	memcpy(ctx->iv, subreq->info, ivsize);
+
+out:
+	return async_chainiv_schedule_work(ctx);
+}
+
+static int async_chainiv_givencrypt(struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
+{
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *geniv = skcipher_givcrypt_reqtfm(req);
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_ablkcipher_ctx(geniv);
+	struct ablkcipher_request *subreq = skcipher_givcrypt_reqctx(req);
+
+	ablkcipher_request_set_tfm(subreq, skcipher_geniv_cipher(geniv));
+	ablkcipher_request_set_callback(subreq, req->creq.base.flags,
+					req->creq.base.complete,
+					req->creq.base.data);
+	ablkcipher_request_set_crypt(subreq, req->creq.src, req->creq.dst,
+				     req->creq.nbytes, req->creq.info);
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state))
+		goto postpone;
+
+	if (ctx->queue.qlen) {
+		clear_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state);
+		goto postpone;
+	}
+
+	return async_chainiv_givencrypt_tail(req);
+
+postpone:
+	return async_chainiv_postpone_request(req);
+}
+
+static int async_chainiv_givencrypt_first(struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
+{
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *geniv = skcipher_givcrypt_reqtfm(req);
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_ablkcipher_ctx(geniv);
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (crypto_ablkcipher_crt(geniv)->givencrypt !=
+	    async_chainiv_givencrypt_first)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	crypto_ablkcipher_crt(geniv)->givencrypt = async_chainiv_givencrypt;
+	get_random_bytes(ctx->iv, crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(geniv));
+
+unlock:
+	clear_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state);
+
+out:
+	return async_chainiv_givencrypt(req);
+}
+
+static void async_chainiv_do_postponed(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = container_of(work,
+						     struct async_chainiv_ctx,
+						     postponed);
+	struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req;
+	struct ablkcipher_request *subreq;
+
+	/* Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging keventd. */
+	spin_lock_bh(&ctx->lock);
+	req = skcipher_dequeue_givcrypt(&ctx->queue);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ctx->lock);
+
+	if (!req) {
+		async_chainiv_schedule_work(ctx);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	subreq = skcipher_givcrypt_reqctx(req);
+	subreq->base.flags |= CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+
+	async_chainiv_givencrypt_tail(req);
+}
+
+static int async_chainiv_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
+{
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
+
+	spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
+
+	crypto_init_queue(&ctx->queue, 100);
+	INIT_WORK(&ctx->postponed, async_chainiv_do_postponed);
+
+	return chainiv_init_common(tfm);
+}
+
+static void async_chainiv_exit(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
+{
+	struct async_chainiv_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
+
+	BUG_ON(test_bit(CHAINIV_STATE_INUSE, &ctx->state) || ctx->queue.qlen);
+
+	skcipher_geniv_exit(tfm);
+}
+
 static struct crypto_template chainiv_tmpl;
 
 static struct crypto_instance *chainiv_alloc(struct rtattr **tb)
 {
+	struct crypto_attr_type *algt;
 	struct crypto_instance *inst;
+	int err;
 
-	inst = skcipher_geniv_alloc(&chainiv_tmpl, tb, 0,
-				    CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	algt = crypto_get_attr_type(tb);
+	err = PTR_ERR(algt);
+	if (IS_ERR(algt))
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+	inst = skcipher_geniv_alloc(&chainiv_tmpl, tb, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inst))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -108,8 +287,21 @@ static struct crypto_instance *chainiv_alloc(struct rtattr **tb)
 	inst->alg.cra_init = chainiv_init;
 	inst->alg.cra_exit = skcipher_geniv_exit;
 
-	inst->alg.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct chainiv_ctx) +
-				inst->alg.cra_ablkcipher.ivsize;
+	inst->alg.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct chainiv_ctx);
+
+	if (!crypto_requires_sync(algt->type, algt->mask)) {
+		inst->alg.cra_flags |= CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC;
+
+		inst->alg.cra_ablkcipher.givencrypt =
+			async_chainiv_givencrypt_first;
+
+		inst->alg.cra_init = async_chainiv_init;
+		inst->alg.cra_exit = async_chainiv_exit;
+
+		inst->alg.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct async_chainiv_ctx);
+	}
+
+	inst->alg.cra_ctxsize += inst->alg.cra_ablkcipher.ivsize;
 
 out:
 	return inst;
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h
index 0053f34764ff..2ba42cd7d6aa 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ static inline struct crypto_ablkcipher *skcipher_geniv_cipher(
 	return crypto_ablkcipher_crt(geniv)->base;
 }
 
+static inline int skcipher_enqueue_givcrypt(
+	struct crypto_queue *queue, struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *request)
+{
+	return ablkcipher_enqueue_request(queue, &request->creq);
+}
+
+static inline struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *skcipher_dequeue_givcrypt(
+	struct crypto_queue *queue)
+{
+	return container_of(ablkcipher_dequeue_request(queue),
+			    struct skcipher_givcrypt_request, creq);
+}
+
 static inline void *skcipher_givcrypt_reqctx(
 	struct skcipher_givcrypt_request *req)
 {