diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 1e2f39c21180..cbae8392ce11 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ config CRYPTO_HASH
 config CRYPTO_MANAGER
 	tristate "Cryptographic algorithm manager"
 	select CRYPTO_ALGAPI
-	default m
 	help
 	  Create default cryptographic template instantiations such as
 	  cbc(aes).
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ config CRYPTO_MANAGER
 config CRYPTO_HMAC
 	tristate "HMAC support"
 	select CRYPTO_HASH
+	select CRYPTO_MANAGER
 	help
 	  HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (RFC2104).
 	  This is required for IPSec.
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ config CRYPTO_TGR192
 config CRYPTO_ECB
 	tristate "ECB support"
 	select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
+	select CRYPTO_MANAGER
 	default m
 	help
 	  ECB: Electronic CodeBook mode
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ config CRYPTO_ECB
 config CRYPTO_CBC
 	tristate "CBC support"
 	select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
+	select CRYPTO_MANAGER
 	default m
 	help
 	  CBC: Cipher Block Chaining mode
diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index 2e84d4b54790..4fb7fa45cb0d 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ struct crypto_tfm *__crypto_alloc_tfm(struct crypto_alg *alg, u32 flags)
 	tfm_size = sizeof(*tfm) + crypto_ctxsize(alg, flags);
 	tfm = kzalloc(tfm_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tfm == NULL)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_err;
 
 	tfm->__crt_alg = alg;
 
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ struct crypto_tfm *__crypto_alloc_tfm(struct crypto_alg *alg, u32 flags)
 	crypto_exit_ops(tfm);
 out_free_tfm:
 	kfree(tfm);
+out_err:
 	tfm = ERR_PTR(err);
 out:
 	return tfm;
@@ -414,14 +415,14 @@ struct crypto_tfm *crypto_alloc_base(const char *alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask)
 		struct crypto_alg *alg;
 
 		alg = crypto_alg_mod_lookup(alg_name, type, mask);
-		err = PTR_ERR(alg);
-		tfm = ERR_PTR(err);
-		if (IS_ERR(alg))
+		if (IS_ERR(alg)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(alg);
 			goto err;
+		}
 
 		tfm = __crypto_alloc_tfm(alg, 0);
 		if (!IS_ERR(tfm))
-			break;
+			return tfm;
 
 		crypto_mod_put(alg);
 		err = PTR_ERR(tfm);
@@ -433,9 +434,9 @@ struct crypto_tfm *crypto_alloc_base(const char *alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask)
 			err = -EINTR;
 			break;
 		}
-	};
+	}
 
-	return tfm;
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alloc_base);