diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
index 71ef065914b22..c8dfc32084ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ static int adf_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
+	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
+	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
+	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
+	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
+	 */
+	instances = 0;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		bank = i * 2;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
index ece6776fbd53d..3efbb38836010 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ int qat_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
+	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
+	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
+	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
+	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
+	 */
+	instances = 0;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		snprintf(key, sizeof(key), ADF_CY "%d" ADF_RING_ASYM_BANK_NUM, i);