diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index d5c25db..f71ec12 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 	struct ecryptfs_key_sig *key_sig, *key_sig_tmp;
 
 	if (crypt_stat->tfm)
-		crypto_free_blkcipher(crypt_stat->tfm);
+		crypto_free_ablkcipher(crypt_stat->tfm);
 	if (crypt_stat->hash_tfm)
 		crypto_free_hash(crypt_stat->hash_tfm);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(key_sig, key_sig_tmp,
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@
 	return i;
 }
 
+struct extent_crypt_result {
+	struct completion completion;
+	int rc;
+};
+
+static void extent_crypt_complete(struct crypto_async_request *req, int rc)
+{
+	struct extent_crypt_result *ecr = req->data;
+
+	if (rc == -EINPROGRESS)
+		return;
+
+	ecr->rc = rc;
+	complete(&ecr->completion);
+}
+
 /**
  * encrypt_scatterlist
  * @crypt_stat: Pointer to the crypt_stat struct to initialize.
@@ -334,11 +350,8 @@
 			       struct scatterlist *src_sg, int size,
 			       unsigned char *iv)
 {
-	struct blkcipher_desc desc = {
-		.tfm = crypt_stat->tfm,
-		.info = iv,
-		.flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP
-	};
+	struct ablkcipher_request *req = NULL;
+	struct extent_crypt_result ecr;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!crypt_stat || !crypt_stat->tfm
@@ -349,24 +362,47 @@
 		ecryptfs_dump_hex(crypt_stat->key,
 				  crypt_stat->key_size);
 	}
-	/* Consider doing this once, when the file is opened */
+
+	init_completion(&ecr.completion);
+
 	mutex_lock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
-	if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_KEY_SET)) {
-		rc = crypto_blkcipher_setkey(crypt_stat->tfm, crypt_stat->key,
-					     crypt_stat->key_size);
-		crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_KEY_SET;
-	}
-	if (rc) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error setting key; rc = [%d]\n",
-				rc);
+	req = ablkcipher_request_alloc(crypt_stat->tfm, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!req) {
 		mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Encrypting [%d] bytes.\n", size);
-	crypto_blkcipher_encrypt_iv(&desc, dest_sg, src_sg, size);
+
+	ablkcipher_request_set_callback(req,
+			CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
+			extent_crypt_complete, &ecr);
+	/* Consider doing this once, when the file is opened */
+	if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_KEY_SET)) {
+		rc = crypto_ablkcipher_setkey(crypt_stat->tfm, crypt_stat->key,
+					      crypt_stat->key_size);
+		if (rc) {
+			ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR,
+					"Error setting key; rc = [%d]\n",
+					rc);
+			mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_KEY_SET;
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
+	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Encrypting [%d] bytes.\n", size);
+	ablkcipher_request_set_crypt(req, src_sg, dest_sg, size, iv);
+	rc = crypto_ablkcipher_encrypt(req);
+	if (rc == -EINPROGRESS || rc == -EBUSY) {
+		struct extent_crypt_result *ecr = req->base.data;
+
+		wait_for_completion(&ecr->completion);
+		rc = ecr->rc;
+		INIT_COMPLETION(ecr->completion);
+	}
 out:
+	ablkcipher_request_free(req);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -624,35 +660,61 @@
 			       struct scatterlist *src_sg, int size,
 			       unsigned char *iv)
 {
-	struct blkcipher_desc desc = {
-		.tfm = crypt_stat->tfm,
-		.info = iv,
-		.flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP
-	};
+	struct ablkcipher_request *req = NULL;
+	struct extent_crypt_result ecr;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	/* Consider doing this once, when the file is opened */
+	BUG_ON(!crypt_stat || !crypt_stat->tfm
+	       || !(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_STRUCT_INITIALIZED));
+	if (unlikely(ecryptfs_verbosity > 0)) {
+		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Key size [%zd]; key:\n",
+				crypt_stat->key_size);
+		ecryptfs_dump_hex(crypt_stat->key,
+				  crypt_stat->key_size);
+	}
+
+	init_completion(&ecr.completion);
+
 	mutex_lock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
-	rc = crypto_blkcipher_setkey(crypt_stat->tfm, crypt_stat->key,
-				     crypt_stat->key_size);
-	if (rc) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error setting key; rc = [%d]\n",
-				rc);
+	req = ablkcipher_request_alloc(crypt_stat->tfm, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!req) {
 		mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Decrypting [%d] bytes.\n", size);
-	rc = crypto_blkcipher_decrypt_iv(&desc, dest_sg, src_sg, size);
+
+	ablkcipher_request_set_callback(req,
+			CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
+			extent_crypt_complete, &ecr);
+	/* Consider doing this once, when the file is opened */
+	if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_KEY_SET)) {
+		rc = crypto_ablkcipher_setkey(crypt_stat->tfm, crypt_stat->key,
+					      crypt_stat->key_size);
+		if (rc) {
+			ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR,
+					"Error setting key; rc = [%d]\n",
+					rc);
+			mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_KEY_SET;
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
-	if (rc) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error decrypting; rc = [%d]\n",
-				rc);
-		goto out;
+	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Decrypting [%d] bytes.\n", size);
+	ablkcipher_request_set_crypt(req, src_sg, dest_sg, size, iv);
+	rc = crypto_ablkcipher_decrypt(req);
+	if (rc == -EINPROGRESS || rc == -EBUSY) {
+		struct extent_crypt_result *ecr = req->base.data;
+
+		wait_for_completion(&ecr->completion);
+		rc = ecr->rc;
+		INIT_COMPLETION(ecr->completion);
 	}
-	rc = size;
 out:
+	ablkcipher_request_free(req);
 	return rc;
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -746,8 +808,7 @@
 						    crypt_stat->cipher, "cbc");
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	crypt_stat->tfm = crypto_alloc_blkcipher(full_alg_name, 0,
-						 CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	crypt_stat->tfm = crypto_alloc_ablkcipher(full_alg_name, 0, 0);
 	kfree(full_alg_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(crypt_stat->tfm)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(crypt_stat->tfm);
@@ -757,7 +818,7 @@
 				crypt_stat->cipher);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	crypto_blkcipher_set_flags(crypt_stat->tfm, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_WEAK_KEY);
+	crypto_ablkcipher_set_flags(crypt_stat->tfm, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_WEAK_KEY);
 	rc = 0;
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index dd299b3..f622a73 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/ecryptfs.h>
+#include <linux/crypto.h>
 
 #define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_IV_BYTES 16
 #define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_EXTENT_SIZE 4096
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@
 	size_t extent_shift;
 	unsigned int extent_mask;
 	struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat;
-	struct crypto_blkcipher *tfm;
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *tfm;
 	struct crypto_hash *hash_tfm; /* Crypto context for generating
 				       * the initialization vectors */
 	unsigned char cipher[ECRYPTFS_MAX_CIPHER_NAME_SIZE];