diff --git a/net/ipv4/ah4.c b/net/ipv4/ah4.c
index f2a71025a770..22377c8ff14b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ah4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ah4.c
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ static void ah_input_done(struct crypto_async_request *base, int err)
 	int ihl = ip_hdrlen(skb);
 	int ah_hlen = (ah->hdrlen + 2) << 2;
 
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	work_iph = AH_SKB_CB(skb)->tmp;
 	auth_data = ah_tmp_auth(work_iph, ihl);
 	icv = ah_tmp_icv(ahp->ahash, auth_data, ahp->icv_trunc_len);