diff --git a/fs/smb/client/Kconfig b/fs/smb/client/Kconfig
index f0c1ff8544f6..f5a980bdfc93 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/smb/client/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config CIFS
 	select CRYPTO_ECB
 	select CRYPTO_AES
 	select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
+	select CRYPTO_LIB_MD5
 	select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA256
 	select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA512
 	select KEYS
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/link.c b/fs/smb/client/link.c
index fe80e711cd75..70f3c0c67eeb 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/link.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/link.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *   Author(s): Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com)
  *
  */
+#include <crypto/md5.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -36,23 +37,6 @@
 #define CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_MD5_FORMAT "%16phN\n"
 #define CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_MD5_ARGS(md5_hash) md5_hash
 
-static int
-symlink_hash(unsigned int link_len, const char *link_str, u8 *md5_hash)
-{
-	int rc;
-	struct shash_desc *md5 = NULL;
-
-	rc = cifs_alloc_hash("md5", &md5);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
-	rc = crypto_shash_digest(md5, link_str, link_len, md5_hash);
-	if (rc)
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Could not generate md5 hash\n", __func__);
-	cifs_free_hash(&md5);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static int
 parse_mf_symlink(const u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len, unsigned int *_link_len,
 		 char **_link_str)
@@ -77,11 +61,7 @@ parse_mf_symlink(const u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len, unsigned int *_link_len,
 	if (link_len > CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_LINK_MAXLEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	rc = symlink_hash(link_len, link_str, md5_hash);
-	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: MD5 hash failure: %d\n", __func__, rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
+	md5(link_str, link_len, md5_hash);
 
 	scnprintf(md5_str2, sizeof(md5_str2),
 		  CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_MD5_FORMAT,
@@ -103,7 +83,6 @@ parse_mf_symlink(const u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len, unsigned int *_link_len,
 static int
 format_mf_symlink(u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len, const char *link_str)
 {
-	int rc;
 	unsigned int link_len;
 	unsigned int ofs;
 	u8 md5_hash[16];
@@ -116,11 +95,7 @@ format_mf_symlink(u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len, const char *link_str)
 	if (link_len > CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_LINK_MAXLEN)
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
-	rc = symlink_hash(link_len, link_str, md5_hash);
-	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: MD5 hash failure: %d\n", __func__, rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
+	md5(link_str, link_len, md5_hash);
 
 	scnprintf(buf, buf_len,
 		  CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_LEN_FORMAT CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_MD5_FORMAT,