diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
index 917b7d4..0ed2139 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ config CIFS
 	tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor)"
 	depends on INET
 	select NLS
+	select CRYPTO
+	select CRYPTO_MD5
+	select CRYPTO_ARC4
 	help
 	  This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
 	  (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
index 7e15cd0..857dd37 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
@@ -470,3 +470,74 @@ void CalcNTLMv2_response(const struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
 	hmac_md5_final(v2_session_response, &context);
 /*	cifs_dump_mem("v2_sess_rsp: ", v2_session_response, 32); */
 }
+
+void
+cifs_crypto_shash_release(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
+{
+	if (server->secmech.md5)
+		crypto_free_shash(server->secmech.md5);
+
+	if (server->secmech.hmacmd5)
+		crypto_free_shash(server->secmech.hmacmd5);
+
+	kfree(server->secmech.sdeschmacmd5);
+
+	kfree(server->secmech.sdescmd5);
+}
+
+int
+cifs_crypto_shash_allocate(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
+{
+	int rc;
+	unsigned int size;
+
+	server->secmech.hmacmd5 = crypto_alloc_shash("hmac(md5)", 0, 0);
+	if (!server->secmech.hmacmd5 ||
+			IS_ERR(server->secmech.hmacmd5)) {
+		cERROR(1, "could not allocate crypto hmacmd5\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(server->secmech.hmacmd5);
+	}
+
+	server->secmech.md5 = crypto_alloc_shash("md5", 0, 0);
+	if (!server->secmech.md5 || IS_ERR(server->secmech.md5)) {
+		cERROR(1, "could not allocate crypto md5\n");
+		rc = PTR_ERR(server->secmech.md5);
+		goto crypto_allocate_md5_fail;
+	}
+
+	size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) +
+			crypto_shash_descsize(server->secmech.hmacmd5);
+	server->secmech.sdeschmacmd5 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!server->secmech.sdeschmacmd5) {
+		cERROR(1, "cifs_crypto_shash_allocate: can't alloc hmacmd5\n");
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto crypto_allocate_hmacmd5_sdesc_fail;
+	}
+	server->secmech.sdeschmacmd5->shash.tfm = server->secmech.hmacmd5;
+	server->secmech.sdeschmacmd5->shash.flags = 0x0;
+
+
+	size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) +
+			crypto_shash_descsize(server->secmech.md5);
+	server->secmech.sdescmd5 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!server->secmech.sdescmd5) {
+		cERROR(1, "cifs_crypto_shash_allocate: can't alloc md5\n");
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto crypto_allocate_md5_sdesc_fail;
+	}
+	server->secmech.sdescmd5->shash.tfm = server->secmech.md5;
+	server->secmech.sdescmd5->shash.flags = 0x0;
+
+	return 0;
+
+crypto_allocate_md5_sdesc_fail:
+	kfree(server->secmech.sdeschmacmd5);
+
+crypto_allocate_hmacmd5_sdesc_fail:
+	crypto_free_shash(server->secmech.md5);
+
+crypto_allocate_md5_fail:
+	crypto_free_shash(server->secmech.hmacmd5);
+
+	return rc;
+}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index c68f31c..f0ec235 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include "cifs_fs_sb.h"
 #include "cifsacl.h"
+#include <crypto/internal/hash.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+
 /*
  * The sizes of various internal tables and strings
  */
@@ -109,6 +112,20 @@ struct session_key {
 	} data;
 };
 
+/* crypto security descriptor definition */
+struct sdesc {
+	struct shash_desc shash;
+	char ctx[];
+};
+
+/* crypto hashing related structure/fields, not speicific to a sec mech */
+struct cifs_secmech {
+	struct crypto_shash *hmacmd5; /* hmac-md5 hash function */
+	struct crypto_shash *md5; /* md5 hash function */
+	struct sdesc *sdeschmacmd5;  /* ctxt to generate ntlmv2 hash, CR1 */
+	struct sdesc *sdescmd5; /* ctxt to generate cifs/smb signature */
+};
+
 struct cifs_cred {
 	int uid;
 	int gid;
@@ -187,6 +204,7 @@ struct TCP_Server_Info {
 	unsigned long lstrp; /* when we got last response from this server */
 	u16 dialect; /* dialect index that server chose */
 	/* extended security flavors that server supports */
+	struct cifs_secmech secmech; /* crypto sec mech functs, descriptors */
 	bool	sec_kerberos;		/* supports plain Kerberos */
 	bool	sec_mskerberos;		/* supports legacy MS Kerberos */
 	bool	sec_kerberosu2u;	/* supports U2U Kerberos */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index c155479..8466a16 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ extern int cifs_calculate_session_key(struct session_key *key, const char *rn,
 extern void CalcNTLMv2_response(const struct cifsSesInfo *, char *);
 extern int setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifsSesInfo *, char *,
 			     const struct nls_table *);
+extern int cifs_crypto_shash_allocate(struct TCP_Server_Info *);
+extern void cifs_crypto_shash_release(struct TCP_Server_Info *);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
 extern void calc_lanman_hash(const char *password, const char *cryptkey,
 				bool encrypt, char *lnm_session_key);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index f8891a2..8789054 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1502,6 +1502,7 @@ cifs_put_tcp_session(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	server->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 
+	cifs_crypto_shash_release(server);
 	cifs_fscache_release_client_cookie(server);
 
 	task = xchg(&server->tsk, NULL);
@@ -1556,10 +1557,16 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	rc = cifs_crypto_shash_allocate(tcp_ses);
+	if (rc) {
+		cERROR(1, "could not setup hash structures rc %d", rc);
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
 	tcp_ses->hostname = extract_hostname(volume_info->UNC);
 	if (IS_ERR(tcp_ses->hostname)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(tcp_ses->hostname);
-		goto out_err;
+		goto out_err2;
 	}
 
 	tcp_ses->noblocksnd = volume_info->noblocksnd;
@@ -1600,7 +1607,7 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 	}
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		cERROR(1, "Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation");
-		goto out_err;
+		goto out_err2;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1614,7 +1621,7 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 		rc = PTR_ERR(tcp_ses->tsk);
 		cERROR(1, "error %d create cifsd thread", rc);
 		module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-		goto out_err;
+		goto out_err2;
 	}
 
 	/* thread spawned, put it on the list */
@@ -1626,6 +1633,9 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 
 	return tcp_ses;
 
+out_err2:
+	cifs_crypto_shash_release(tcp_ses);
+
 out_err:
 	if (tcp_ses) {
 		if (!IS_ERR(tcp_ses->hostname))
