diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index f7a235db56aaa78ee8cfa05ef391ff0e09302aba..05c91eb10ca1fd97fde1dd0593d975b99b798e1c 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ config CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD
 	  cipher algorithms.
 
 config CRYPTO_STATS
-	bool "Crypto usage statistics for User-space"
+	bool
 	help
 	  This option enables the gathering of crypto stats.
 	  This will collect:
diff --git a/crypto/cbc.c b/crypto/cbc.c
index b761b1f9c6ca161c8eb3a9340ab50b69374671bc..dd5f332fd5668985c9e904b35ad56d47b34ed383 100644
--- a/crypto/cbc.c
+++ b/crypto/cbc.c
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ static int crypto_cbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	spawn = skcipher_instance_ctx(inst);
 	err = crypto_init_spawn(spawn, alg, skcipher_crypto_instance(inst),
 				CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
-	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_free_inst;
+		goto err_put_alg;
 
 	err = crypto_inst_setname(skcipher_crypto_instance(inst), "cbc", alg);
 	if (err)
@@ -174,12 +173,15 @@ static int crypto_cbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	err = skcipher_register_instance(tmpl, inst);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_drop_spawn;
+	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 
 out:
 	return err;
 
 err_drop_spawn:
 	crypto_drop_spawn(spawn);
+err_put_alg:
+	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 err_free_inst:
 	kfree(inst);
 	goto out;
diff --git a/crypto/cfb.c b/crypto/cfb.c
index a0d68c09e1b9c53dd9eb4fb9bd08238d24b70d44..20987d0e09d89ceafbd51d3b61b321dc58a56862 100644
--- a/crypto/cfb.c
+++ b/crypto/cfb.c
@@ -286,9 +286,8 @@ static int crypto_cfb_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	spawn = skcipher_instance_ctx(inst);
 	err = crypto_init_spawn(spawn, alg, skcipher_crypto_instance(inst),
 				CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
-	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_free_inst;
+		goto err_put_alg;
 
 	err = crypto_inst_setname(skcipher_crypto_instance(inst), "cfb", alg);
 	if (err)
@@ -317,12 +316,15 @@ static int crypto_cfb_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	err = skcipher_register_instance(tmpl, inst);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_drop_spawn;
+	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 
 out:
 	return err;
 
 err_drop_spawn:
 	crypto_drop_spawn(spawn);
+err_put_alg:
+	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 err_free_inst:
 	kfree(inst);
 	goto out;
diff --git a/crypto/pcbc.c b/crypto/pcbc.c
index ef802f6e964218f06d00b035fc66d960cd4ce700..8aa10144407c04f936061c51d823d932660e2caa 100644
--- a/crypto/pcbc.c
+++ b/crypto/pcbc.c
@@ -244,9 +244,8 @@ static int crypto_pcbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	spawn = skcipher_instance_ctx(inst);
 	err = crypto_init_spawn(spawn, alg, skcipher_crypto_instance(inst),
 				CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
-	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_free_inst;
+		goto err_put_alg;
 
 	err = crypto_inst_setname(skcipher_crypto_instance(inst), "pcbc", alg);
 	if (err)
@@ -275,12 +274,15 @@ static int crypto_pcbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
 	err = skcipher_register_instance(tmpl, inst);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_drop_spawn;
+	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 
 out:
 	return err;
 
 err_drop_spawn:
 	crypto_drop_spawn(spawn);
+err_put_alg:
+	crypto_mod_put(alg);
 err_free_inst:
 	kfree(inst);
 	goto out;