diff --git a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
index fd045e64..5f82435 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
@@ -350,13 +350,18 @@ __virtio_crypto_skcipher_do_req(struct virtio_crypto_sym_request *vc_sym_req,
 	int err;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct scatterlist outhdr, iv_sg, status_sg, **sgs;
-	int i;
 	u64 dst_len;
 	unsigned int num_out = 0, num_in = 0;
 	int sg_total;
 	uint8_t *iv;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
 
 	src_nents = sg_nents_for_len(req->src, req->cryptlen);
+	if (src_nents < 0) {
+		pr_err("Invalid number of src SG.\n");
+		return src_nents;
+	}
+
 	dst_nents = sg_nents(req->dst);
 
 	pr_debug("virtio_crypto: Number of sgs (src_nents: %d, dst_nents: %d)\n",
@@ -442,12 +447,12 @@ __virtio_crypto_skcipher_do_req(struct virtio_crypto_sym_request *vc_sym_req,
 	vc_sym_req->iv = iv;
 
 	/* Source data */
-	for (i = 0; i < src_nents; i++)
-		sgs[num_out++] = &req->src[i];
+	for (sg = req->src; src_nents; sg = sg_next(sg), src_nents--)
+		sgs[num_out++] = sg;
 
 	/* Destination data */
-	for (i = 0; i < dst_nents; i++)
-		sgs[num_out + num_in++] = &req->dst[i];
+	for (sg = req->dst; sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
+		sgs[num_out + num_in++] = sg;
 
 	/* Status */
 	sg_init_one(&status_sg, &vc_req->status, sizeof(vc_req->status));