diff --git a/drivers/crypto/rockchip/rk_crypto_core.h b/drivers/crypto/rockchip/rk_crypto_core.h
index d9641afdd0a1..6ced3880b9e6 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/rockchip/rk_crypto_core.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/rockchip/rk_crypto_core.h
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 
 #include "rk_crypto_bignum.h"
 
-#define RK_CRYPTO_PRIORITY		300
+/*
+ * Change to the lowest priority, and hardware encryption is
+ * invoked explicitly only at the User layer.
+ */
+#define RK_CRYPTO_PRIORITY		0
 
 /*  Increase the addr_vir buffer size from 1 to 8 pages */
 #define RK_BUFFER_ORDER			3