diff --git a/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c b/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c
index 3c205324b22b67..e6140571884091 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c
@@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ static int zynqmp_handle_aes_req(struct crypto_engine *engine,
 		err = zynqmp_aes_aead_cipher(areq);
 	}
 
+	local_bh_disable();
 	crypto_finalize_aead_request(engine, areq, err);
+	local_bh_enable();
+
 	return 0;
 }