diff --git a/crypto/crypto_engine.c b/crypto/crypto_engine.c
index eb029ff..aba934f 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_engine.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto_engine.c
@@ -22,32 +22,18 @@
  * @err: error number
  */
 static void crypto_finalize_request(struct crypto_engine *engine,
-			     struct crypto_async_request *req, int err)
+				    struct crypto_async_request *req, int err)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	bool finalize_cur_req = false;
 	int ret;
 	struct crypto_engine_ctx *enginectx;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
-	if (engine->cur_req == req)
-		finalize_cur_req = true;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
-
-	if (finalize_cur_req) {
-		enginectx = crypto_tfm_ctx(req->tfm);
-		if (engine->cur_req_prepared &&
-		    enginectx->op.unprepare_request) {
-			ret = enginectx->op.unprepare_request(engine, req);
-			if (ret)
-				dev_err(engine->dev, "failed to unprepare request\n");
-		}
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
-		engine->cur_req = NULL;
-		engine->cur_req_prepared = false;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
+	enginectx = crypto_tfm_ctx(req->tfm);
+	if (enginectx->op.prepare_request &&
+	    enginectx->op.unprepare_request) {
+		ret = enginectx->op.unprepare_request(engine, req);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(engine->dev, "failed to unprepare request\n");
 	}
-
 	req->complete(req, err);
 
 	kthread_queue_work(engine->kworker, &engine->pump_requests);
@@ -73,10 +59,6 @@ static void crypto_pump_requests(struct crypto_engine *engine,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
 
-	/* Make sure we are not already running a request */
-	if (engine->cur_req)
-		goto out;
-
 	/* If another context is idling then defer */
 	if (engine->idling) {
 		kthread_queue_work(engine->kworker, &engine->pump_requests);
@@ -108,13 +90,18 @@ static void crypto_pump_requests(struct crypto_engine *engine,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+start_request:
+	/* If hw is busy, do not send any request */
+	if (engine->can_enqueue_more &&
+	    !engine->can_enqueue_more(engine))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Get the fist request from the engine queue to handle */
 	backlog = crypto_get_backlog(&engine->queue);
 	async_req = crypto_dequeue_request(&engine->queue);
 	if (!async_req)
 		goto out;
 
-	engine->cur_req = async_req;
 	if (backlog)
 		backlog->complete(backlog, -EINPROGRESS);
 
@@ -130,7 +117,7 @@ static void crypto_pump_requests(struct crypto_engine *engine,
 		ret = engine->prepare_crypt_hardware(engine);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(engine->dev, "failed to prepare crypt hardware\n");
-			goto req_err;
+			goto req_err_2;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -141,26 +128,38 @@ static void crypto_pump_requests(struct crypto_engine *engine,
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(engine->dev, "failed to prepare request: %d\n",
 				ret);
-			goto req_err;
+			goto req_err_2;
 		}
-		engine->cur_req_prepared = true;
 	}
 	if (!enginectx->op.do_one_request) {
 		dev_err(engine->dev, "failed to do request\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto req_err;
+		goto req_err_1;
 	}
+
 	ret = enginectx->op.do_one_request(engine, async_req);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(engine->dev, "Failed to do one request from queue: %d\n", ret);
-		goto req_err;
+		goto req_err_1;
 	}
-	return;
 
-req_err:
-	crypto_finalize_request(engine, async_req, ret);
-	return;
+	goto retry;
+
+req_err_1:
+	if (enginectx->op.unprepare_request) {
+		ret = enginectx->op.unprepare_request(engine, async_req);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(engine->dev, "failed to unprepare request\n");
+	}
+req_err_2:
+	async_req->complete(async_req, ret);
 
+retry:
+	if (engine->can_enqueue_more) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
+		goto start_request;
+	}
+	return;
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -386,15 +385,26 @@ int crypto_engine_stop(struct crypto_engine *engine)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_engine_stop);
 
 /**
- * crypto_engine_alloc_init - allocate crypto hardware engine structure and
- * initialize it.
+ * crypto_engine_alloc_init_and_set - allocate crypto hardware engine structure
+ * and initialize it by setting the maximum number of entries in the software
+ * crypto-engine queue.
  * @dev: the device attached with one hardware engine
+ * @cbk_can_enq: pointer to a callback function to be invoked when pumping
+ *               requests to check whether the hardware can process a new
+ *               request.
+ *               This has the form:
+ *               callback(struct crypto_engine *engine)
+ *               where:
+ *               @engine: the crypto engine structure.
  * @rt: whether this queue is set to run as a realtime task
+ * @qlen: maximum size of the crypto-engine queue
  *
  * This must be called from context that can sleep.
  * Return: the crypto engine structure on success, else NULL.
  */
-struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init(struct device *dev, bool rt)
+struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init_and_set(struct device *dev,
+						       bool (*cbk_can_enq)(struct crypto_engine *engine),
+						       bool rt, int qlen)
 {
 	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO / 2 };
 	struct crypto_engine *engine;
@@ -411,12 +421,12 @@ struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init(struct device *dev, bool rt)
 	engine->running = false;
 	engine->busy = false;
 	engine->idling = false;
-	engine->cur_req_prepared = false;
 	engine->priv_data = dev;
+	engine->can_enqueue_more = cbk_can_enq;
 	snprintf(engine->name, sizeof(engine->name),
 		 "%s-engine", dev_name(dev));
 
-	crypto_init_queue(&engine->queue, CRYPTO_ENGINE_MAX_QLEN);
+	crypto_init_queue(&engine->queue, qlen);
 	spin_lock_init(&engine->queue_lock);
 
 	engine->kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, "%s", engine->name);
@@ -433,6 +443,22 @@ struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init(struct device *dev, bool rt)
 
 	return engine;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_engine_alloc_init_and_set);
+
+/**
+ * crypto_engine_alloc_init - allocate crypto hardware engine structure and
+ * initialize it.
+ * @dev: the device attached with one hardware engine
+ * @rt: whether this queue is set to run as a realtime task
+ *
+ * This must be called from context that can sleep.
+ * Return: the crypto engine structure on success, else NULL.
+ */
+struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init(struct device *dev, bool rt)
+{
+	return crypto_engine_alloc_init_and_set(dev, NULL, rt,
+						CRYPTO_ENGINE_MAX_QLEN);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_engine_alloc_init);
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/crypto/engine.h b/include/crypto/engine.h
index e29cd67..07c3f80 100644
--- a/include/crypto/engine.h
+++ b/include/crypto/engine.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  * @idling: the engine is entering idle state
  * @busy: request pump is busy
  * @running: the engine is on working
- * @cur_req_prepared: current request is prepared
  * @list: link with the global crypto engine list
  * @queue_lock: spinlock to syncronise access to request queue
  * @queue: the crypto queue of the engine
@@ -35,17 +34,17 @@
  * @unprepare_crypt_hardware: there are currently no more requests on the
  * queue so the subsystem notifies the driver that it may relax the
  * hardware by issuing this call
+ * @can_enqueue_more: callback to check whether the hardware can process
+ * a new request
  * @kworker: kthread worker struct for request pump
  * @pump_requests: work struct for scheduling work to the request pump
  * @priv_data: the engine private data
- * @cur_req: the current request which is on processing
  */
 struct crypto_engine {
 	char			name[ENGINE_NAME_LEN];
 	bool			idling;
 	bool			busy;
 	bool			running;
-	bool			cur_req_prepared;
 
 	struct list_head	list;
 	spinlock_t		queue_lock;
@@ -56,12 +55,12 @@ struct crypto_engine {
 
 	int (*prepare_crypt_hardware)(struct crypto_engine *engine);
 	int (*unprepare_crypt_hardware)(struct crypto_engine *engine);
+	bool (*can_enqueue_more)(struct crypto_engine *engine);
 
 	struct kthread_worker           *kworker;
 	struct kthread_work             pump_requests;
 
 	void				*priv_data;
-	struct crypto_async_request	*cur_req;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -102,6 +101,9 @@ void crypto_finalize_skcipher_request(struct crypto_engine *engine,
 int crypto_engine_start(struct crypto_engine *engine);
 int crypto_engine_stop(struct crypto_engine *engine);
 struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init(struct device *dev, bool rt);
+struct crypto_engine *crypto_engine_alloc_init_and_set(struct device *dev,
+						       bool (*cbk_can_enq)(struct crypto_engine *engine),
+						       bool rt, int qlen);
 int crypto_engine_exit(struct crypto_engine *engine);
 
 #endif /* _CRYPTO_ENGINE_H */
