diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
index fa4c350c1bf9..a6c78b9c730b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ static int adf_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
-	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
-	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
-	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
-	 */
-	instances = 0;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		bank = i * 2;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
index 80d905ed102e..9341d892533a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
@@ -161,13 +161,6 @@ int qat_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
-	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
-	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
-	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
-	 */
-	instances = 0;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		snprintf(key, sizeof(key), ADF_CY "%d" ADF_RING_ASYM_BANK_NUM, i);