diff --git a/crypto/ahash.c b/crypto/ahash.c
index a92dc382f781..4fdb4d3fddec 100644
--- a/crypto/ahash.c
+++ b/crypto/ahash.c
@@ -201,22 +201,34 @@ static void ahash_op_unaligned_finish(struct ahash_request *req, int err)
 		memcpy(priv->result, req->result,
 		       crypto_ahash_digestsize(crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)));
 
+	/* Restore the original crypto request. */
+	req->result = priv->result;
+	req->base.complete = priv->complete;
+	req->base.data = priv->data;
+	req->priv = NULL;
+
+	/* Free the req->priv.priv from the ADJUSTED request. */
 	kzfree(priv);
 }
 
 static void ahash_op_unaligned_done(struct crypto_async_request *req, int err)
 {
 	struct ahash_request *areq = req->data;
-	struct ahash_request_priv *priv = areq->priv;
-	crypto_completion_t complete = priv->complete;
-	void *data = priv->data;
 
+	/*
+	 * Restore the original request, see ahash_op_unaligned() for what
+	 * goes where.
+	 *
+	 * The "struct ahash_request *req" here is in fact the "req.base"
+	 * from the ADJUSTED request from ahash_op_unaligned(), thus as it
+	 * is a pointer to self, it is also the ADJUSTED "req" .
+	 */
+
+	/* First copy areq->result into areq->priv.result */
 	ahash_op_unaligned_finish(areq, err);
 
-	areq->base.complete = complete;
-	areq->base.data = data;
-
-	complete(&areq->base, err);
+	/* Complete the ORIGINAL request. */
+	areq->base.complete(&areq->base, err);
 }
 
 static int ahash_op_unaligned(struct ahash_request *req,
@@ -234,9 +246,39 @@ static int ahash_op_unaligned(struct ahash_request *req,
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/*
+	 * WARNING: Voodoo programming below!
+	 *
+	 * The code below is obscure and hard to understand, thus explanation
+	 * is necessary. See include/crypto/hash.h and include/linux/crypto.h
+	 * to understand the layout of structures used here!
+	 *
+	 * The code here will replace portions of the ORIGINAL request with
+	 * pointers to new code and buffers so the hashing operation can store
+	 * the result in aligned buffer. We will call the modified request
+	 * an ADJUSTED request.
+	 *
+	 * The newly mangled request will look as such:
+	 *
+	 * req {
+	 *   .result        = ADJUSTED[new aligned buffer]
+	 *   .base.complete = ADJUSTED[pointer to completion function]
+	 *   .base.data     = ADJUSTED[*req (pointer to self)]
+	 *   .priv          = ADJUSTED[new priv] {
+	 *           .result   = ORIGINAL(result)
+	 *           .complete = ORIGINAL(base.complete)
+	 *           .data     = ORIGINAL(base.data)
+	 *   }
+	 */
+
 	priv->result = req->result;
 	priv->complete = req->base.complete;
 	priv->data = req->base.data;
+	/*
+	 * WARNING: We do not backup req->priv here! The req->priv
+	 *          is for internal use of the Crypto API and the
+	 *          user must _NOT_ _EVER_ depend on it's content!
+	 */
 
 	req->result = PTR_ALIGN((u8 *)priv->ubuf, alignmask + 1);
 	req->base.complete = ahash_op_unaligned_done;