diff --git a/crypto/ecc.c b/crypto/ecc.c
index c1d2e884be1e..fe761256e335 100644
--- a/crypto/ecc.c
+++ b/crypto/ecc.c
@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ const struct ecc_curve *ecc_get_curve(unsigned int curve_id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ecc_get_curve);
 
+void ecc_digits_from_bytes(const u8 *in, unsigned int nbytes,
+			   u64 *out, unsigned int ndigits)
+{
+	int diff = ndigits - DIV_ROUND_UP(nbytes, sizeof(u64));
+	unsigned int o = nbytes & 7;
+	__be64 msd = 0;
+
+	/* diff > 0: not enough input bytes: set most significant digits to 0 */
+	if (diff > 0) {
+		ndigits -= diff;
+		memset(&out[ndigits - 1], 0, diff * sizeof(u64));
+	}
+
+	if (o) {
+		memcpy((u8 *)&msd + sizeof(msd) - o, in, o);
+		out[--ndigits] = be64_to_cpu(msd);
+		in += o;
+	}
+	ecc_swap_digits(in, out, ndigits);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ecc_digits_from_bytes);
+
 static u64 *ecc_alloc_digits_space(unsigned int ndigits)
 {
 	size_t len = ndigits * sizeof(u64);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
index 9da2278bd5b7..04260f61d042 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ static void adf_device_reset_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (adf_dev_restart(accel_dev)) {
 		/* The device hanged and we can't restart it so stop here */
 		dev_err(&GET_DEV(accel_dev), "Restart device failed\n");
-		if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC ||
-		    completion_done(&reset_data->compl))
+		if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC)
 			kfree(reset_data);
 		WARN(1, "QAT: device restart failed. Device is unusable\n");
 		return;
@@ -147,16 +146,8 @@ static void adf_device_reset_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	adf_dev_restarted_notify(accel_dev);
 	clear_bit(ADF_STATUS_RESTARTING, &accel_dev->status);
 
-	/*
-	 * The dev is back alive. Notify the caller if in sync mode
-	 *
-	 * If device restart will take a more time than expected,
-	 * the schedule_reset() function can timeout and exit. This can be
-	 * detected by calling the completion_done() function. In this case
-	 * the reset_data structure needs to be freed here.
-	 */
-	if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC ||
-	    completion_done(&reset_data->compl))
+	/* The dev is back alive. Notify the caller if in sync mode */
+	if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC)
 		kfree(reset_data);
 	else
 		complete(&reset_data->compl);
@@ -191,10 +182,10 @@ static int adf_dev_aer_schedule_reset(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev,
 		if (!timeout) {
 			dev_err(&GET_DEV(accel_dev),
 				"Reset device timeout expired\n");
+			cancel_work_sync(&reset_data->reset_work);
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-		} else {
-			kfree(reset_data);
 		}
+		kfree(reset_data);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/ecc.h b/include/crypto/internal/ecc.h
index 7ca1f463d1ec..f7e75e1e71f3 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/ecc.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/ecc.h
@@ -64,19 +64,8 @@ static inline void ecc_swap_digits(const void *in, u64 *out, unsigned int ndigit
  * @out       Output digits array
  * @ndigits:  Number of digits to create from byte array
  */
-static inline void ecc_digits_from_bytes(const u8 *in, unsigned int nbytes,
-					 u64 *out, unsigned int ndigits)
-{
-	unsigned int o = nbytes & 7;
-	__be64 msd = 0;
-
-	if (o) {
-		memcpy((u8 *)&msd + sizeof(msd) - o, in, o);
-		out[--ndigits] = be64_to_cpu(msd);
-		in += o;
-	}
-	ecc_swap_digits(in, out, ndigits);
-}
+void ecc_digits_from_bytes(const u8 *in, unsigned int nbytes,
+			   u64 *out, unsigned int ndigits);
 
 /**
  * ecc_is_key_valid() - Validate a given ECDH private key