diff --git a/crypto/af_alg.c b/crypto/af_alg.c
index 7846c0c20cfe..b52a14fc3bae 100644
--- a/crypto/af_alg.c
+++ b/crypto/af_alg.c
@@ -1156,8 +1156,10 @@ int af_alg_get_rsgl(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int flags,
 
 		/* make one iovec available as scatterlist */
 		err = af_alg_make_sg(&rsgl->sgl, &msg->msg_iter, seglen);
-		if (err < 0)
+		if (err < 0) {
+			rsgl->sg_num_bytes = 0;
 			return err;
+		}
 
 		/* chain the new scatterlist with previous one */
 		if (areq->last_rsgl)