diff --git a/crypto/echainiv.c b/crypto/echainiv.c
index a49cbf7b0929..4a2f02baba14 100644
--- a/crypto/echainiv.c
+++ b/crypto/echainiv.c
@@ -133,29 +133,17 @@ static int echainiv_aead_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 	inst->alg.base.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct aead_geniv_ctx);
 	inst->alg.base.cra_ctxsize += inst->alg.ivsize;
 
-	inst->free = aead_geniv_free;
-
 	err = aead_register_instance(tmpl, inst);
-	if (err)
-		goto free_inst;
-
-out:
-	return err;
-
+	if (err) {
 free_inst:
-	aead_geniv_free(inst);
-	goto out;
-}
-
-static void echainiv_free(struct crypto_instance *inst)
-{
-	aead_geniv_free(aead_instance(inst));
+		inst->free(inst);
+	}
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct crypto_template echainiv_tmpl = {
 	.name = "echainiv",
 	.create = echainiv_aead_create,
-	.free = echainiv_free,
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
diff --git a/crypto/geniv.c b/crypto/geniv.c
index 7afa48414f3a..dbcc640274cd 100644
--- a/crypto/geniv.c
+++ b/crypto/geniv.c
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ static int aead_geniv_setauthsize(struct crypto_aead *tfm,
 	return crypto_aead_setauthsize(ctx->child, authsize);
 }
 
+static void aead_geniv_free(struct aead_instance *inst)
+{
+	crypto_drop_aead(aead_instance_ctx(inst));
+	kfree(inst);
+}
+
 struct aead_instance *aead_geniv_alloc(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 				       struct rtattr **tb, u32 type, u32 mask)
 {
@@ -100,6 +106,8 @@ struct aead_instance *aead_geniv_alloc(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 	inst->alg.ivsize = ivsize;
 	inst->alg.maxauthsize = maxauthsize;
 
+	inst->free = aead_geniv_free;
+
 out:
 	return inst;
 
@@ -112,13 +120,6 @@ struct aead_instance *aead_geniv_alloc(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aead_geniv_alloc);
 
-void aead_geniv_free(struct aead_instance *inst)
-{
-	crypto_drop_aead(aead_instance_ctx(inst));
-	kfree(inst);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aead_geniv_free);
-
 int aead_init_geniv(struct crypto_aead *aead)
 {
 	struct aead_geniv_ctx *ctx = crypto_aead_ctx(aead);
diff --git a/crypto/seqiv.c b/crypto/seqiv.c
index 96d222c32acc..f124b9b54e15 100644
--- a/crypto/seqiv.c
+++ b/crypto/seqiv.c
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
-static void seqiv_free(struct crypto_instance *inst);
-
 static void seqiv_aead_encrypt_complete2(struct aead_request *req, int err)
 {
 	struct aead_request *subreq = aead_request_ctx(req);
@@ -159,15 +157,11 @@ static int seqiv_aead_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	inst->alg.base.cra_ctxsize += inst->alg.ivsize;
 
 	err = aead_register_instance(tmpl, inst);
-	if (err)
-		goto free_inst;
-
-out:
-	return err;
-
+	if (err) {
 free_inst:
-	aead_geniv_free(inst);
-	goto out;
+		inst->free(inst);
+	}
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int seqiv_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
@@ -184,15 +178,9 @@ static int seqiv_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	return seqiv_aead_create(tmpl, tb);
 }
 
-static void seqiv_free(struct crypto_instance *inst)
-{
-	aead_geniv_free(aead_instance(inst));
-}
-
 static struct crypto_template seqiv_tmpl = {
 	.name = "seqiv",
 	.create = seqiv_create,
-	.free = seqiv_free,
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h b/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h
index 0108c0c7b2ed..229d37681a9d 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ struct aead_geniv_ctx {
 
 struct aead_instance *aead_geniv_alloc(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 				       struct rtattr **tb, u32 type, u32 mask);
-void aead_geniv_free(struct aead_instance *inst);
 int aead_init_geniv(struct crypto_aead *tfm);
 void aead_exit_geniv(struct crypto_aead *tfm);