diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index e723584fc644..bdb5153f3788 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct tls_decrypt_arg {
 	struct_group(inargs,
 	bool zc;
 	bool async;
+	bool async_done;
 	u8 tail;
 	);
 
@@ -279,18 +280,19 @@ static int tls_do_decryption(struct sock *sk,
 	}
 
 	ret = crypto_aead_decrypt(aead_req);
+	if (ret == -EINPROGRESS)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (ret == -EBUSY) {
 		ret = tls_decrypt_async_wait(ctx);
+		darg->async_done = true;
+		/* all completions have run, we're not doing async anymore */
+		darg->async = false;
+		return ret;
 		ret = ret ?: -EINPROGRESS;
 	}
-	if (ret == -EINPROGRESS) {
-		if (darg->async)
-			return 0;
 
-		ret = crypto_wait_req(ret, &ctx->async_wait);
-	} else if (darg->async) {
-		atomic_dec(&ctx->decrypt_pending);
-	}
+	atomic_dec(&ctx->decrypt_pending);
 	darg->async = false;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -1681,8 +1683,11 @@ static int tls_decrypt_sg(struct sock *sk, struct iov_iter *out_iov,
 	/* Prepare and submit AEAD request */
 	err = tls_do_decryption(sk, sgin, sgout, dctx->iv,
 				data_len + prot->tail_size, aead_req, darg);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (darg->async_done)
+			goto exit_free_skb;
 		goto exit_free_pages;
+	}
 
 	darg->skb = clear_skb ?: tls_strp_msg(ctx);
 	clear_skb = NULL;
@@ -1694,6 +1699,9 @@ static int tls_decrypt_sg(struct sock *sk, struct iov_iter *out_iov,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(darg->async_done))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (prot->tail_size)
 		darg->tail = dctx->tail;