diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c
index 3e2f41b3eaf3..15e68774034a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c
@@ -1921,12 +1921,7 @@ static int atmel_sha_hmac_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
 {
 	struct atmel_sha_hmac_ctx *hmac = crypto_ahash_ctx(tfm);
 
-	if (atmel_sha_hmac_key_set(&hmac->hkey, key, keylen)) {
-		crypto_ahash_set_flags(tfm, CRYPTO_TFM_RES_BAD_KEY_LEN);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return atmel_sha_hmac_key_set(&hmac->hkey, key, keylen);
 }
 
 static int atmel_sha_hmac_init(struct ahash_request *req)