diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
index 9156bbe038b7..a148ff1f0872 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ static int chachapoly_setkey(struct crypto_aead *aead, const u8 *key,
 	if (keylen != CHACHA_KEY_SIZE + saltlen)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ctx->cdata.key_virt = key;
+	memcpy(ctx->key, key, keylen);
+	ctx->cdata.key_virt = ctx->key;
 	ctx->cdata.keylen = keylen - saltlen;
 
 	return chachapoly_set_sh_desc(aead);