diff --git a/drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_xts.c b/drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_xts.c
index cfb2541..24353ec3 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_xts.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_xts.c
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
 
 		blkcipher_walk_init(&walk, dst, src, nbytes);
 
-		iv = (u8 *)walk.iv;
 		ret = blkcipher_walk_virt(desc, &walk);
+		iv = walk.iv;
 		memset(tweak, 0, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
 		aes_p8_encrypt(iv, tweak, &ctx->tweak_key);