diff --git a/crypto/blkcipher.c b/crypto/blkcipher.c
index 11b9814..8cc1622 100644
--- a/crypto/blkcipher.c
+++ b/crypto/blkcipher.c
@@ -326,12 +326,12 @@
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(in_irq()))
 		return -EDEADLK;
 
+	walk->iv = desc->info;
 	walk->nbytes = walk->total;
 	if (unlikely(!walk->total))
 		return 0;
 
 	walk->buffer = NULL;
-	walk->iv = desc->info;
 	if (unlikely(((unsigned long)walk->iv & walk->alignmask))) {
 		int err = blkcipher_copy_iv(walk);
 		if (err)