diff --git a/crypto/skcipher.c b/crypto/skcipher.c
index 4197b5ed57c4..926295ce1b07 100644
--- a/crypto/skcipher.c
+++ b/crypto/skcipher.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ int crypto_skcipher_encrypt(struct skcipher_request *req)
 	if (crypto_skcipher_get_flags(tfm) & CRYPTO_TFM_NEED_KEY)
 		ret = -ENOKEY;
 	else
-		ret = tfm->encrypt(req);
+		ret = crypto_skcipher_alg(tfm)->encrypt(req);
 	crypto_stats_skcipher_encrypt(cryptlen, ret, alg);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -684,7 +684,6 @@ static int crypto_skcipher_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
 	struct crypto_skcipher *skcipher = __crypto_skcipher_cast(tfm);
 	struct skcipher_alg *alg = crypto_skcipher_alg(skcipher);
 
-	skcipher->encrypt = alg->encrypt;
 	skcipher->decrypt = alg->decrypt;
 
 	skcipher_set_needkey(skcipher);
diff --git a/include/crypto/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
index ea94cc422b94..694215a59719 100644
--- a/include/crypto/skcipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ struct skcipher_request {
 };
 
 struct crypto_skcipher {
-	int (*encrypt)(struct skcipher_request *req);
 	int (*decrypt)(struct skcipher_request *req);
 
 	unsigned int reqsize;