diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/Kconfig
index 06b8dc5093f77..c180e7ebcfc5b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/Kconfig
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 config RDMA_RXE
 	tristate "Software RDMA over Ethernet (RoCE) driver"
 	depends on INET && PCI && INFINIBAND
 	depends on INFINIBAND_VIRT_DMA
 	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
-	select CRYPTO
-	select CRYPTO_CRC32
+	select CRC32
 	help
 	This driver implements the InfiniBand RDMA transport over
 	the Linux network stack. It enables a system with a
 	standard Ethernet adapter to interoperate with a RoCE
 	adapter or with another system running the RXE driver.
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
index 1ba4a0c8726ae..f8ac79ef70143 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ void rxe_dealloc(struct ib_device *ib_dev)
 	rxe_pool_cleanup(&rxe->mr_pool);
 	rxe_pool_cleanup(&rxe->mw_pool);
 
 	WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&rxe->mcg_tree));
 
-	if (rxe->tfm)
-		crypto_free_shash(rxe->tfm);
-
 	mutex_destroy(&rxe->usdev_lock);
 }
 
 /* initialize rxe device parameters */
 static void rxe_init_device_param(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
index fe7f970667325..8db65731499d0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 #include <rdma/ib_pack.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_smi.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_umem.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_cache.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_addr.h>
-#include <crypto/hash.h>
 
 #include "rxe_net.h"
 #include "rxe_opcode.h"
 #include "rxe_hdr.h"
 #include "rxe_param.h"
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_icrc.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_icrc.c
index c7b0b4673b959..63d03f0f71e38 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_icrc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_icrc.c
@@ -7,62 +7,10 @@
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 
 #include "rxe.h"
 #include "rxe_loc.h"
 
-/**
- * rxe_icrc_init() - Initialize crypto function for computing crc32
- * @rxe: rdma_rxe device object
- *
- * Return: 0 on success else an error
- */
-int rxe_icrc_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
-{
-	struct crypto_shash *tfm;
-
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_shash("crc32", 0, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
-		rxe_dbg_dev(rxe, "failed to init crc32 algorithm err: %ld\n",
-			       PTR_ERR(tfm));
-		return PTR_ERR(tfm);
-	}
-
-	rxe->tfm = tfm;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * rxe_crc32() - Compute cumulative crc32 for a contiguous segment
- * @rxe: rdma_rxe device object
- * @crc: starting crc32 value from previous segments
- * @next: starting address of current segment
- * @len: length of current segment
- *
- * Return: the cumulative crc32 checksum
- */
-static u32 rxe_crc32(struct rxe_dev *rxe, u32 crc, void *next, size_t len)
-{
-	u32 icrc;
-	int err;
-
-	SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(shash, rxe->tfm);
-
-	shash->tfm = rxe->tfm;
-	*(u32 *)shash_desc_ctx(shash) = crc;
-	err = crypto_shash_update(shash, next, len);
-	if (unlikely(err)) {
-		rxe_dbg_dev(rxe, "failed crc calculation, err: %d\n", err);
-		return crc32_le(crc, next, len);
-	}
-
-	icrc = *(u32 *)shash_desc_ctx(shash);
-	barrier_data(shash_desc_ctx(shash));
-
-	return icrc;
-}
-
 /**
  * rxe_icrc() - Compute the ICRC of a packet
  * @skb: packet buffer
  * @pkt: packet information
  *
@@ -117,19 +65,18 @@ static u32 rxe_icrc(struct sk_buff *skb, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
 
 	/* exclude bth.resv8a */
 	bth->qpn |= cpu_to_be32(~BTH_QPN_MASK);
 
 	/* Update the CRC with the first part of the headers. */
-	crc = rxe_crc32(pkt->rxe, crc, pshdr, hdr_size + RXE_BTH_BYTES);
+	crc = crc32(crc, pshdr, hdr_size + RXE_BTH_BYTES);
 
 	/* Update the CRC with the remainder of the headers. */
-	crc = rxe_crc32(pkt->rxe, crc, pkt->hdr + RXE_BTH_BYTES,
-			rxe_opcode[pkt->opcode].length - RXE_BTH_BYTES);
+	crc = crc32(crc, pkt->hdr + RXE_BTH_BYTES,
+		    rxe_opcode[pkt->opcode].length - RXE_BTH_BYTES);
 
 	/* Update the CRC with the payload. */
-	crc = rxe_crc32(pkt->rxe, crc, payload_addr(pkt),
-			payload_size(pkt) + bth_pad(pkt));
+	crc = crc32(crc, payload_addr(pkt), payload_size(pkt) + bth_pad(pkt));
 
 	/* Invert the CRC and return it. */
 	return ~crc;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
index ded46119151bb..c57ab8975c5d1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
@@ -166,11 +166,10 @@ int rxe_completer(struct rxe_qp *qp);
 int rxe_requester(struct rxe_qp *qp);
 int rxe_sender(struct rxe_qp *qp);
 int rxe_receiver(struct rxe_qp *qp);
 
 /* rxe_icrc.c */
-int rxe_icrc_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe);
 int rxe_icrc_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt);
 void rxe_icrc_generate(struct sk_buff *skb, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt);
 
 void rxe_resp_queue_pkt(struct rxe_qp *qp, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
index 87a02f0deb000..9d0392df8a92f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2016 Mellanox Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015 System Fabric Works, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
-#include <crypto/hash.h>
 
 #include "rxe.h"
 #include "rxe_loc.h"
 #include "rxe_queue.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 6152a0fdfc8ca..c05379f8b4f57 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -1531,14 +1531,10 @@ int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe, const char *ibdev_name,
 	ib_set_device_ops(dev, &rxe_dev_ops);
 	err = ib_device_set_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev, ndev, 1);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = rxe_icrc_init(rxe);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	err = ib_register_device(dev, ibdev_name, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		rxe_dbg_dev(rxe, "failed with error %d\n", err);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
index 6573ceec0ef58..6e31134a5fa5b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
@@ -400,11 +400,10 @@ struct rxe_dev {
 	u64			mmap_offset;
 
 	atomic64_t		stats_counters[RXE_NUM_OF_COUNTERS];
 
 	struct rxe_port		port;
-	struct crypto_shash	*tfm;
 };
 
 static inline struct net_device *rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(struct ib_device *dev)
 {
 	return ib_device_get_netdev(dev, RXE_PORT);
