diff --git a/crypto/algif_hash.c b/crypto/algif_hash.c
index dfb048cefb60..1176533a55c9 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_hash.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c
@@ -83,26 +83,14 @@ static int hash_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 	ctx->more = false;
 
-	while (msg_data_left(msg)) {
+	do {
 		ctx->sgl.sgt.sgl = ctx->sgl.sgl;
 		ctx->sgl.sgt.nents = 0;
 		ctx->sgl.sgt.orig_nents = 0;
 
 		err = -EIO;
 		npages = iov_iter_npages(&msg->msg_iter, max_pages);
-		if (npages == 0)
-			goto unlock_free;
-
-		if (npages > ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->sgl.sgl)) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			ctx->sgl.sgt.sgl =
-				kvmalloc(array_size(npages,
-						    sizeof(*ctx->sgl.sgt.sgl)),
-					 GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!ctx->sgl.sgt.sgl)
-				goto unlock_free;
-		}
-		sg_init_table(ctx->sgl.sgl, npages);
+		sg_init_table(ctx->sgl.sgl, max_t(size_t, npages, 1));
 
 		ctx->sgl.need_unpin = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(&msg->msg_iter);
 
@@ -111,7 +99,8 @@ static int hash_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto unlock_free;
 		len = err;
-		sg_mark_end(ctx->sgl.sgt.sgl + ctx->sgl.sgt.nents - 1);
+		if (len > 0)
+			sg_mark_end(ctx->sgl.sgt.sgl + ctx->sgl.sgt.nents - 1);
 
 		if (!msg_data_left(msg)) {
 			err = hash_alloc_result(sk, ctx);
@@ -148,7 +137,7 @@ static int hash_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 		copied += len;
 		af_alg_free_sg(&ctx->sgl);
-	}
+	} while (msg_data_left(msg));
 
 	ctx->more = msg->msg_flags & MSG_MORE;
 	err = 0;
diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index e97d7060329e..77a7b18ee751 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ ssize_t extract_iter_to_sg(struct iov_iter *iter, size_t maxsize,
 			   struct sg_table *sgtable, unsigned int sg_max,
 			   iov_iter_extraction_t extraction_flags)
 {
-	if (maxsize == 0)
+	if (!maxsize || !iter->count)
 		return 0;
 
 	switch (iov_iter_type(iter)) {