diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c
index 6fb24fc94b1f..801aeab5ab1e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-aes.c
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ static int atmel_aes_authenc_setkey(struct crypto_aead *tfm, const u8 *key,
 
 badkey:
 	crypto_aead_set_flags(tfm, CRYPTO_TFM_RES_BAD_KEY_LEN);
-	memzero_explicit(&key, sizeof(keys));
+	memzero_explicit(&keys, sizeof(keys));
 	return -EINVAL;
 }