diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 3ea1397214e0..5d4cf022c577 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -1422,9 +1422,6 @@ config CRYPTO_USER_API_ENABLE_OBSOLETE
 
 endmenu
 
-config CRYPTO_HASH_INFO
-	bool
-
 if !KMSAN # avoid false positives from assembly
 if ARM
 source "arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig"
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile b/crypto/Makefile
index 5098fa6d5f39..816607e0e78c 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/Makefile
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ECRDSA) += ecrdsa_generic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS) += xor.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE) += async_tx/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE) += asymmetric_keys/
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_HASH_INFO) += hash_info.o
 crypto_simd-y := simd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_SIMD) += crypto_simd.o
 
diff --git a/lib/crypto/Kconfig b/lib/crypto/Kconfig
index 3305c6908581..ee7e1e27ea6a 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 menu "Crypto library routines"
 
+config CRYPTO_HASH_INFO
+	bool
+
 config CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS
 	tristate
 
diff --git a/lib/crypto/Makefile b/lib/crypto/Makefile
index a887bf103bf0..533bb1533e19 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/lib/crypto/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ quiet_cmd_perlasm = PERLASM $@
 quiet_cmd_perlasm_with_args = PERLASM $@
       cmd_perlasm_with_args = $(PERL) $(<) void $(@)
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_HASH_INFO)			+= hash_info.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS)			+= libcryptoutils.o
 libcryptoutils-y				:= memneq.o utils.o
 
diff --git a/crypto/hash_info.c b/lib/crypto/hash_info.c
similarity index 100%
rename from crypto/hash_info.c
rename to lib/crypto/hash_info.c