diff --git a/security/keys/big_key.c b/security/keys/big_key.c
index 9e443fc..c0b3030 100644
--- a/security/keys/big_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/big_key.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <keys/user-type.h>
 #include <keys/big_key-type.h>
 #include <crypto/rng.h>
+#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
 
 /*
  * Layout of key payload words.
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
  * Crypto algorithms for big_key data encryption
  */
 static struct crypto_rng *big_key_rng;
-static struct crypto_blkcipher *big_key_blkcipher;
+static struct crypto_skcipher *big_key_skcipher;
 
 /*
  * Generate random key to encrypt big_key data
@@ -91,22 +92,26 @@
 {
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	struct scatterlist sgio;
-	struct blkcipher_desc desc;
+	SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, big_key_skcipher);
 
-	if (crypto_blkcipher_setkey(big_key_blkcipher, key, ENC_KEY_SIZE)) {
+	if (crypto_skcipher_setkey(big_key_skcipher, key, ENC_KEY_SIZE)) {
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	desc.flags = 0;
-	desc.tfm = big_key_blkcipher;
+	skcipher_request_set_tfm(req, big_key_skcipher);
+	skcipher_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
+				      NULL, NULL);
 
 	sg_init_one(&sgio, data, datalen);
+	skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, &sgio, &sgio, datalen, NULL);
 
 	if (op == BIG_KEY_ENC)
-		ret = crypto_blkcipher_encrypt(&desc, &sgio, &sgio, datalen);
+		ret = crypto_skcipher_encrypt(req);
 	else
-		ret = crypto_blkcipher_decrypt(&desc, &sgio, &sgio, datalen);
+		ret = crypto_skcipher_decrypt(req);
+
+	skcipher_request_zero(req);
 
 error:
 	return ret;
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@
 		 *
 		 * File content is stored encrypted with randomly generated key.
 		 */
-		size_t enclen = ALIGN(datalen, crypto_blkcipher_blocksize(big_key_blkcipher));
+		size_t enclen = ALIGN(datalen, crypto_skcipher_blocksize(big_key_skcipher));
 
 		/* prepare aligned data to encrypt */
 		data = kmalloc(enclen, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -288,7 +293,7 @@
 		struct file *file;
 		u8 *data;
 		u8 *enckey = (u8 *)key->payload.data[big_key_data];
-		size_t enclen = ALIGN(datalen, crypto_blkcipher_blocksize(big_key_blkcipher));
+		size_t enclen = ALIGN(datalen, crypto_skcipher_blocksize(big_key_skcipher));
 
 		data = kmalloc(enclen, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!data)
@@ -359,9 +364,10 @@
 		goto error;
 
 	/* init block cipher */
-	big_key_blkcipher = crypto_alloc_blkcipher(big_key_alg_name, 0, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(big_key_blkcipher)) {
-		big_key_blkcipher = NULL;
+	big_key_skcipher = crypto_alloc_skcipher(big_key_alg_name,
+						 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	if (IS_ERR(big_key_skcipher)) {
+		big_key_skcipher = NULL;
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto error;
 	}