diff --git a/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c b/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c
index 5be6f99..3d4261c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@
 	mode = strsep(&cmsp, "-");
 
 	if (mode == NULL || strcmp(mode, "cbc") == 0)
-		tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cipher, CRYPTO_TFM_MODE_CBC);
+		tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cipher, CRYPTO_TFM_MODE_CBC |
+					       CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	else if (strcmp(mode, "ecb") == 0)
-		tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cipher, CRYPTO_TFM_MODE_ECB);
+		tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cipher, CRYPTO_TFM_MODE_ECB |
+					       CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	if (tfm == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index d0a4bab..b82bc31 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Hash the cipher key with the given hash algorithm */
-	hash_tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(opts, 0);
+	hash_tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(opts, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	if (hash_tfm == NULL) {
 		ti->error = PFX "Error initializing ESSIV hash";
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@
 
 	/* Setup the essiv_tfm with the given salt */
 	essiv_tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(crypto_tfm_alg_name(cc->tfm),
-	                             CRYPTO_TFM_MODE_ECB);
+	                             CRYPTO_TFM_MODE_ECB |
+	                             CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	if (essiv_tfm == NULL) {
 		ti->error = PFX "Error allocating crypto tfm for ESSIV";
 		kfree(salt);
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@
 		goto bad1;
 	}
 
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cipher, crypto_flags);
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cipher, crypto_flags | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	if (!tfm) {
 		ti->error = PFX "Error allocating crypto tfm";
 		goto bad1;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
index df20adc..7fdb85d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@
 	int i;
 
 	if (ai->tfm == NULL)
-	        ai->tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("aes", 0);
+	        ai->tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("aes", CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 
         if (ai->tfm == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "airo: failed to load transform for AES\n");
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 57ed50f..02132f3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 	dprintk("NFSD: nfs4_make_rec_clidname for %.*s\n",
 			clname->len, clname->data);
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("md5", 0);
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("md5", CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	if (tfm == NULL)
 		goto out;
 	cksum.len = crypto_tfm_alg_digestsize(tfm);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
index 5a7265a..7ad7444 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 				" unsupported checksum %d", cksumtype);
 			goto out;
 	}
-	if (!(tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cksumname, 0)))
+	if (!(tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm(cksumname, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP)))
 		goto out;
 	cksum->len = crypto_tfm_alg_digestsize(tfm);
 	if ((cksum->data = kmalloc(cksum->len, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
diff --git a/security/seclvl.c b/security/seclvl.c
index c8e87b2..96b1f21 100644
--- a/security/seclvl.c
+++ b/security/seclvl.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 			      "bytes.\n", len, PAGE_SIZE);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("sha1", 0);
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("sha1", CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP);
 	if (tfm == NULL) {
 		seclvl_printk(0, KERN_ERR,
 			      "Failed to load transform for SHA1\n");