diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
index ab621b7dbd20..9210af8a1f58 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_crypto.c
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ int qat_crypto_dev_config(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 		goto err;
 	if (adf_cfg_section_add(accel_dev, "Accelerator0"))
 		goto err;
+
+	/* Temporarily set the number of crypto instances to zero to avoid
+	 * registering the crypto algorithms.
+	 * This will be removed when the algorithms will support the
+	 * CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag
+	 */
+	instances = 0;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < instances; i++) {
 		val = i;
 		snprintf(key, sizeof(key), ADF_CY "%d" ADF_RING_BANK_NUM, i);