diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 9e3a17c38e7f..71a20133cff5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -4486,9 +4486,9 @@ decrypt_raw_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf,
 			return rc;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (unlikely(!server->secmech.dec))
-			return -EIO;
-
+		rc = smb3_crypto_aead_allocate(server);
+		if (unlikely(rc))
+			return rc;
 		tfm = server->secmech.dec;
 	}