diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f489ffb..11a0a70 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -915,6 +915,8 @@
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	kobject_put(&sbi->s_kobj);
 	wait_for_completion(&sbi->s_kobj_unregister);
+	if (sbi->s_chksum_driver)
+		crypto_free_shash(sbi->s_chksum_driver);
 	kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
 	kfree(sbi);
 }
@@ -3043,6 +3045,18 @@
 		goto cantfind_ext4;
 	}
 
+	/* Load the checksum driver */
+	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
+				       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM)) {
+		sbi->s_chksum_driver = crypto_alloc_shash("crc32c", 0, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(sbi->s_chksum_driver)) {
+			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Cannot load crc32c driver.");
+			ret = PTR_ERR(sbi->s_chksum_driver);
+			sbi->s_chksum_driver = NULL;
+			goto failed_mount;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Set defaults before we parse the mount options */
 	def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts);
 	set_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE);
@@ -3728,6 +3742,8 @@
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
 	ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
 failed_mount:
+	if (sbi->s_chksum_driver)
+		crypto_free_shash(sbi->s_chksum_driver);
 	if (sbi->s_proc) {
 		remove_proc_entry("options", sbi->s_proc);
 		remove_proc_entry(sb->s_id, ext4_proc_root);