diff --git a/crypto/ccm.c b/crypto/ccm.c
index 3e05499d183a..1df84217f7c9 100644
--- a/crypto/ccm.c
+++ b/crypto/ccm.c
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ static int crypto_ccm_auth(struct aead_request *req, struct scatterlist *plain,
 	}
 
 	/* compute plaintext into mac */
-	get_data_to_compute(cipher, pctx, plain, cryptlen);
+	if (cryptlen)
+		get_data_to_compute(cipher, pctx, plain, cryptlen);
 
 out:
 	return err;