diff --git a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
index 5035b0dc1e40..e2231a1a05a1 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ virtio_crypto_alg_validate_key(int key_len, uint32_t *alg)
 		*alg = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC;
 		break;
 	default:
-		pr_err("virtio_crypto: Unsupported key length: %d\n",
-			key_len);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -485,6 +483,11 @@ static int virtio_crypto_ablkcipher_encrypt(struct ablkcipher_request *req)
 	/* Use the first data virtqueue as default */
 	struct data_queue *data_vq = &vcrypto->data_vq[0];
 
+	if (!req->nbytes)
+		return 0;
+	if (req->nbytes % AES_BLOCK_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vc_req->dataq = data_vq;
 	vc_req->alg_cb = virtio_crypto_dataq_sym_callback;
 	vc_sym_req->ablkcipher_ctx = ctx;
@@ -505,6 +508,11 @@ static int virtio_crypto_ablkcipher_decrypt(struct ablkcipher_request *req)
 	/* Use the first data virtqueue as default */
 	struct data_queue *data_vq = &vcrypto->data_vq[0];
 
+	if (!req->nbytes)
+		return 0;
+	if (req->nbytes % AES_BLOCK_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vc_req->dataq = data_vq;
 	vc_req->alg_cb = virtio_crypto_dataq_sym_callback;
 	vc_sym_req->ablkcipher_ctx = ctx;