diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 3c079b7f23f6bada906f9d444a50cd15b0831d65..ceebfcf260fc4f2d70981b9862e4afaacdd63357 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ int crypto_enqueue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_enqueue_request);
 
-void *__crypto_dequeue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue, unsigned int offset)
+struct crypto_async_request *crypto_dequeue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue)
 {
 	struct list_head *request;
 
@@ -907,14 +907,7 @@ void *__crypto_dequeue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue, unsigned int offset)
 	request = queue->list.next;
 	list_del(request);
 
-	return (char *)list_entry(request, struct crypto_async_request, list) -
-	       offset;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__crypto_dequeue_request);
-
-struct crypto_async_request *crypto_dequeue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue)
-{
-	return __crypto_dequeue_request(queue, 0);
+	return list_entry(request, struct crypto_async_request, list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_dequeue_request);
 
diff --git a/include/crypto/algapi.h b/include/crypto/algapi.h
index d4ebf6e9af6a536c589d55c914e56f1c6000f910..9041a8418ef0dbc31bde741963f2c8a6ad547277 100644
--- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
+++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ struct crypto_instance *crypto_alloc_instance(const char *name,
 void crypto_init_queue(struct crypto_queue *queue, unsigned int max_qlen);
 int crypto_enqueue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue,
 			   struct crypto_async_request *request);
-void *__crypto_dequeue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue, unsigned int offset);
 struct crypto_async_request *crypto_dequeue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue);
 int crypto_tfm_in_queue(struct crypto_queue *queue, struct crypto_tfm *tfm);