diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto.h b/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto.h
index 549ac98a9366..b4a94da2c315 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 #define IAA_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT		1000000
 
+#define IAA_ALLOC_DESC_COMP_TIMEOUT	   1000
+#define IAA_ALLOC_DESC_DECOMP_TIMEOUT	    500
+
 #define IAA_ANALYTICS_ERROR		0x0a
 #define IAA_ERROR_DECOMP_BUF_OVERFLOW	0x0b
 #define IAA_ERROR_COMP_BUF_OVERFLOW	0x19
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c
index 0b821b8b4264..7dab340c4a34 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c
@@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ static int deflate_generic_decompress(struct acomp_req *req)
 	ACOMP_REQUEST_ON_STACK(fbreq, crypto_acomp_reqtfm(req));
 	int ret;
 
+	req->dlen = PAGE_SIZE;
 	acomp_request_set_callback(fbreq, 0, NULL, NULL);
 	acomp_request_set_params(fbreq, req->src, req->dst, req->slen,
 				 req->dlen);
@@ -1536,7 +1537,8 @@ static int iaa_compress_verify(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 	struct iaa_device_compression_mode *active_compression_mode;
 	struct iaa_compression_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
 	struct iaa_device *iaa_device;
-	struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc;
+	struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	u16 alloc_desc_retries = 0;
 	struct iax_hw_desc *desc;
 	struct idxd_device *idxd;
 	struct iaa_wq *iaa_wq;
@@ -1552,7 +1554,11 @@ static int iaa_compress_verify(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 
 	active_compression_mode = get_iaa_device_compression_mode(iaa_device, ctx->mode);
 
-	idxd_desc = idxd_alloc_desc(wq, IDXD_OP_BLOCK);
+	while ((idxd_desc == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) && (alloc_desc_retries++ < IAA_ALLOC_DESC_DECOMP_TIMEOUT)) {
+		idxd_desc = idxd_alloc_desc(wq, IDXD_OP_NONBLOCK);
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ERR(idxd_desc)) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "idxd descriptor allocation failed\n");
 		dev_dbg(dev, "iaa compress failed: ret=%ld\n",
@@ -1604,14 +1610,10 @@ static int iaa_compress_verify(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	idxd_free_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
-out:
-	return ret;
 err:
 	idxd_free_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
-	dev_dbg(dev, "iaa compress failed: ret=%d\n", ret);
 
-	goto out;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void iaa_desc_complete(struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc,
@@ -1727,7 +1729,8 @@ static int iaa_compress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 	struct iaa_device_compression_mode *active_compression_mode;
 	struct iaa_compression_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
 	struct iaa_device *iaa_device;
-	struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc;
+	struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	u16 alloc_desc_retries = 0;
 	struct iax_hw_desc *desc;
 	struct idxd_device *idxd;
 	struct iaa_wq *iaa_wq;
@@ -1743,7 +1746,11 @@ static int iaa_compress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 
 	active_compression_mode = get_iaa_device_compression_mode(iaa_device, ctx->mode);
 
-	idxd_desc = idxd_alloc_desc(wq, IDXD_OP_BLOCK);
+	while ((idxd_desc == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) && (alloc_desc_retries++ < IAA_ALLOC_DESC_COMP_TIMEOUT)) {
+		idxd_desc = idxd_alloc_desc(wq, IDXD_OP_NONBLOCK);
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ERR(idxd_desc)) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "idxd descriptor allocation failed\n");
 		dev_dbg(dev, "iaa compress failed: ret=%ld\n", PTR_ERR(idxd_desc));
@@ -1820,15 +1827,10 @@ static int iaa_compress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 
 	*compression_crc = idxd_desc->iax_completion->crc;
 
-	if (!ctx->async_mode)
-		idxd_free_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
-out:
-	return ret;
 err:
 	idxd_free_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
-	dev_dbg(dev, "iaa compress failed: ret=%d\n", ret);
-
-	goto out;
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int iaa_decompress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
@@ -1840,7 +1842,8 @@ static int iaa_decompress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 	struct iaa_device_compression_mode *active_compression_mode;
 	struct iaa_compression_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
 	struct iaa_device *iaa_device;
-	struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc;
+	struct idxd_desc *idxd_desc = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	u16 alloc_desc_retries = 0;
 	struct iax_hw_desc *desc;
 	struct idxd_device *idxd;
 	struct iaa_wq *iaa_wq;
@@ -1856,12 +1859,18 @@ static int iaa_decompress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 
 	active_compression_mode = get_iaa_device_compression_mode(iaa_device, ctx->mode);
 
-	idxd_desc = idxd_alloc_desc(wq, IDXD_OP_BLOCK);
+	while ((idxd_desc == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) && (alloc_desc_retries++ < IAA_ALLOC_DESC_DECOMP_TIMEOUT)) {
+		idxd_desc = idxd_alloc_desc(wq, IDXD_OP_NONBLOCK);
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ERR(idxd_desc)) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "idxd descriptor allocation failed\n");
 		dev_dbg(dev, "iaa decompress failed: ret=%ld\n",
 			PTR_ERR(idxd_desc));
-		return PTR_ERR(idxd_desc);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(idxd_desc);
+		idxd_desc = NULL;
+		goto fallback_software_decomp;
 	}
 	desc = idxd_desc->iax_hw;
 
@@ -1905,7 +1914,7 @@ static int iaa_decompress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 	ret = idxd_submit_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "submit_desc failed ret=%d\n", ret);
-		goto err;
+		goto fallback_software_decomp;
 	}
 
 	/* Update stats */
@@ -1919,40 +1928,37 @@ static int iaa_decompress(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, struct acomp_req *req,
 	}
 
 	ret = check_completion(dev, idxd_desc->iax_completion, false, false);
+
+fallback_software_decomp:
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: check_completion failed ret=%d\n", __func__, ret);
-		if (idxd_desc->iax_completion->status == IAA_ANALYTICS_ERROR) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: desc allocation/submission/check_completion failed ret=%d\n", __func__, ret);
+		if (idxd_desc && idxd_desc->iax_completion->status == IAA_ANALYTICS_ERROR) {
 			pr_warn("%s: falling back to deflate-generic decompress, "
 				"analytics error code %x\n", __func__,
 				idxd_desc->iax_completion->error_code);
-			ret = deflate_generic_decompress(req);
-			if (ret) {
-				dev_dbg(dev, "%s: deflate-generic failed ret=%d\n",
-					__func__, ret);
-				goto err;
-			}
-		} else {
+		}
+
+		ret = deflate_generic_decompress(req);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("%s: iaa decompress failed: deflate-generic fallback to software decompress error ret=%d\n", __func__, ret);
 			goto err;
 		}
 	} else {
 		req->dlen = idxd_desc->iax_completion->output_size;
+
+		/* Update stats */
+		update_total_decomp_bytes_in(slen);
+		update_wq_decomp_bytes(wq, slen);
 	}
 
 	*dlen = req->dlen;
 
-	if (!ctx->async_mode || disable_async)
+err:
+	if (idxd_desc)
 		idxd_free_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
-
-	/* Update stats */
-	update_total_decomp_bytes_in(slen);
-	update_wq_decomp_bytes(wq, slen);
 out:
 	return ret;
-err:
-	idxd_free_desc(wq, idxd_desc);
-	dev_dbg(dev, "iaa decompress failed: ret=%d\n", ret);
-
-	goto out;
 }
 
 static int iaa_comp_acompress(struct acomp_req *req)
