diff --git a/crypto/acompress.c b/crypto/acompress.c
index 032de704eb2c..4de1a2ad577f 100644
--- a/crypto/acompress.c
+++ b/crypto/acompress.c
@@ -559,12 +559,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acomp_walk_virt);
 struct acomp_req *acomp_request_clone(struct acomp_req *req,
 				      size_t total, gfp_t gfp)
 {
+	struct crypto_tfm *tfm = req->base.tfm;
 	struct acomp_req *nreq;
+	size_t len;
 
-	nreq = container_of(crypto_request_clone(&req->base, total, gfp),
-			    struct acomp_req, base);
-	if (nreq == req)
+	len = sizeof(*req) +
+	      crypto_acomp_reqsize(crypto_acomp_reqtfm(req));
+	len = ALIGN(len, CRYPTO_MINALIGN);
+
+	nreq = kzalloc(len, gfp);
+	if (!nreq) {
+		req->base.tfm = tfm->fb;
 		return req;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(nreq, req, sizeof(*req));
+	nreq->base.flags &= ~CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_ON_STACK;
 
 	if (req->src == &req->chain.ssg)
 		nreq->src = &nreq->chain.ssg;