diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/nx/Kconfig
index 23e3d0160e67..2a35e0e785bd 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/Kconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if CRYPTO_DEV_NX_COMPRESS
 config CRYPTO_DEV_NX_COMPRESS_PSERIES
 	tristate "Compression acceleration support on pSeries platform"
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES && IBMVIO
+	depends on PPC_VAS
 	default y
 	help
 	  Support for PowerPC Nest (NX) compression acceleration. This
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c
index f51a50d40504..6671f6634dda 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,12 @@ static int __init nx842_pseries_init(void)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	ret = vas_register_api_pseries(THIS_MODULE, VAS_COP_TYPE_GZIP,
+				       "nx-gzip");
+
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("NX-GZIP is not supported. Returned=%d\n", ret);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1241,6 +1247,8 @@ static void __exit nx842_pseries_exit(void)
 	struct nx842_devdata *old_devdata;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	vas_unregister_api_pseries();
+
 	crypto_unregister_alg(&nx842_pseries_alg);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);