diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index bbe29d438815..bfd177a4313a 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@ static struct crypto_alg *__crypto_alg_lookup(const char *name, u32 type,
 		if ((q->cra_flags ^ type) & mask)
 			continue;
 
-		if (crypto_is_larval(q) &&
-		    !crypto_is_test_larval((struct crypto_larval *)q) &&
-		    ((struct crypto_larval *)q)->mask != mask)
-			continue;
-
 		exact = !strcmp(q->cra_driver_name, name);
 		fuzzy = !strcmp(q->cra_name, name);
 		if (!exact && !(fuzzy && q->cra_priority > best))
@@ -113,6 +108,8 @@ struct crypto_larval *crypto_larval_alloc(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
 	if (!larval)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	type &= ~CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK | (mask ?: CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
+
 	larval->mask = mask;
 	larval->alg.cra_flags = CRYPTO_ALG_LARVAL | type;
 	larval->alg.cra_priority = -1;
@@ -229,7 +226,7 @@ again:
 		type = alg->cra_flags & ~(CRYPTO_ALG_LARVAL | CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD);
 		mask = larval->mask;
 		alg = crypto_alg_lookup(alg->cra_name, type, mask) ?:
-		      ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		      ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 	} else if (IS_ERR(alg))
 		;
 	else if (crypto_is_test_larval(larval) &&
@@ -308,8 +305,12 @@ static struct crypto_alg *crypto_larval_lookup(const char *name, u32 type,
 
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(alg) && crypto_is_larval(alg))
 		alg = crypto_larval_wait(alg);
-	else if (!alg)
+	else if (alg)
+		;
+	else if (!(mask & CRYPTO_ALG_TESTED))
 		alg = crypto_larval_add(name, type, mask);
+	else
+		alg = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	return alg;
 }