diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/sha2-ce-glue.c b/arch/arm64/crypto/sha2-ce-glue.c
index a725997e55f2..6a5ade974a35 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/sha2-ce-glue.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/sha2-ce-glue.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int sha256_ce_finup(struct shash_desc *desc, const u8 *data,
 			   unsigned int len, u8 *out)
 {
 	struct sha256_ce_state *sctx = shash_desc_ctx(desc);
-	bool finalize = !sctx->sst.count && !(len % SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE);
+	bool finalize = !sctx->sst.count && !(len % SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE) && len;
 
 	if (!crypto_simd_usable()) {
 		if (len)