diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 758baf7cb8a1..d4034025c87c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@ static struct crypto_aead *macsec_alloc_tfm(char *key, int key_len, int icv_len)
 	struct crypto_aead *tfm;
 	int ret;
 
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_aead("gcm(aes)", 0, 0);
+	/* Pick a sync gcm(aes) cipher to ensure order is preserved. */
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_aead("gcm(aes)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tfm))
 		return tfm;