diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c
index a9482023d7d3..dad4e5bad827 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,9 @@ static int atmel_sha_finup(struct ahash_request *req)
 	ctx->flags |= SHA_FLAGS_FINUP;
 
 	err1 = atmel_sha_update(req);
-	if (err1 == -EINPROGRESS || err1 == -EBUSY)
+	if (err1 == -EINPROGRESS ||
+	    (err1 == -EBUSY && (ahash_request_flags(req) &
+				CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG)))
 		return err1;
 
 	/*