diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
index 76724efc831c..3da294231dcc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config CIFS
 	select CRYPTO_SHA512
 	select CRYPTO_CMAC
 	select CRYPTO_HMAC
-	select CRYPTO_ARC4
+	select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
 	select CRYPTO_AEAD2
 	select CRYPTO_CCM
 	select CRYPTO_ECB
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
index d2a05e46d6f5..97b7497c13ef 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
-#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
+#include <linux/fips.h>
+#include <crypto/arc4.h>
 #include <crypto/aead.h>
 
 int __cifs_calc_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
@@ -772,63 +773,32 @@ setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifs_ses *ses, const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
 int
 calc_seckey(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 {
-	int rc;
-	struct crypto_skcipher *tfm_arc4;
-	struct scatterlist sgin, sgout;
-	struct skcipher_request *req;
-	unsigned char *sec_key;
+	unsigned char sec_key[CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE]; /* a nonce */
+	struct arc4_ctx *ctx_arc4;
 
-	sec_key = kmalloc(CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (sec_key == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (fips_enabled)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	get_random_bytes(sec_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
 
-	tfm_arc4 = crypto_alloc_skcipher("ecb(arc4)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-	if (IS_ERR(tfm_arc4)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(tfm_arc4);
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not allocate crypto API arc4\n");
-		goto out;
+	ctx_arc4 = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx_arc4), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ctx_arc4) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not allocate arc4 context\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	rc = crypto_skcipher_setkey(tfm_arc4, ses->auth_key.response,
-					CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
-	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Could not set response as a key\n",
-			 __func__);
-		goto out_free_cipher;
-	}
-
-	req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm_arc4, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!req) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not allocate crypto API arc4 request\n");
-		goto out_free_cipher;
-	}
-
-	sg_init_one(&sgin, sec_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
-	sg_init_one(&sgout, ses->ntlmssp->ciphertext, CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
-
-	skcipher_request_set_callback(req, 0, NULL, NULL);
-	skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, &sgin, &sgout, CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE, NULL);
-
-	rc = crypto_skcipher_encrypt(req);
-	skcipher_request_free(req);
-	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not encrypt session key rc: %d\n", rc);
-		goto out_free_cipher;
-	}
+	arc4_setkey(ctx_arc4, ses->auth_key.response, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+	arc4_crypt(ctx_arc4, ses->ntlmssp->ciphertext, sec_key,
+		   CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
 
 	/* make secondary_key/nonce as session key */
 	memcpy(ses->auth_key.response, sec_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
 	/* and make len as that of session key only */
 	ses->auth_key.len = CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
 
-out_free_cipher:
-	crypto_free_skcipher(tfm_arc4);
-out:
-	kfree(sec_key);
-	return rc;
+	memzero_explicit(sec_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+	kzfree(ctx_arc4);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index f5fcd6360056..e55afaf9e5a3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION
 	("VFS to access SMB3 servers e.g. Samba, Macs, Azure and Windows (and "
 	"also older servers complying with the SNIA CIFS Specification)");
 MODULE_VERSION(CIFS_VERSION);
-MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: arc4");
 MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: des");
 MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: ecb");
 MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: hmac");