diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
index 0bd5f98..b11a7fb 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
 
+#include <openssl/hmac.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
 #include "rte_openssl_pmd_private.h"
@@ -307,6 +308,22 @@ openssl_set_session_cipher_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 
 		get_cipher_key(xform->cipher.key.data, sess->cipher.key.length,
 			sess->cipher.key.data);
+		if (sess->cipher.direction == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
+			if (EVP_EncryptInit_ex(sess->cipher.ctx,
+					sess->cipher.evp_algo,
+					NULL, xform->cipher.key.data,
+					NULL) != 1) {
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		} else if (sess->cipher.direction ==
+				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT) {
+			if (EVP_DecryptInit_ex(sess->cipher.ctx,
+					sess->cipher.evp_algo,
+					NULL, xform->cipher.key.data,
+					NULL) != 1) {
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
 
 		break;
 
@@ -333,6 +350,23 @@ openssl_set_session_cipher_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 
 		get_cipher_key(xform->cipher.key.data, sess->cipher.key.length,
 			sess->cipher.key.data);
+		if (sess->cipher.direction == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
+			if (EVP_EncryptInit_ex(sess->cipher.ctx,
+					sess->cipher.evp_algo,
+					NULL, xform->cipher.key.data,
+					NULL) != 1) {
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		} else if (sess->cipher.direction ==
+				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT) {
+			if (EVP_DecryptInit_ex(sess->cipher.ctx,
+					sess->cipher.evp_algo,
+					NULL, xform->cipher.key.data,
+					NULL) != 1) {
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
+
 		break;
 	default:
 		sess->cipher.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL;
@@ -403,12 +437,16 @@ openssl_set_session_auth_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384_HMAC:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC:
 		sess->auth.mode = OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_HMAC;
-		sess->auth.hmac.ctx = EVP_MD_CTX_create();
+		HMAC_CTX_init(&sess->auth.hmac.ctx);
 		if (get_auth_algo(xform->auth.algo,
 				&sess->auth.hmac.evp_algo) != 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		sess->auth.hmac.pkey = EVP_PKEY_new_mac_key(EVP_PKEY_HMAC, NULL,
-				xform->auth.key.data, xform->auth.key.length);
+
+		if (HMAC_Init_ex(&sess->auth.hmac.ctx,
+				xform->auth.key.data,
+				xform->auth.key.length,
+				sess->auth.hmac.evp_algo, NULL) != 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -547,7 +585,7 @@ openssl_reset_session(struct openssl_session *sess)
 		break;
 	case OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_HMAC:
 		EVP_PKEY_free(sess->auth.hmac.pkey);
-		EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(sess->auth.hmac.ctx);
+		HMAC_CTX_cleanup(&sess->auth.hmac.ctx);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -693,12 +731,11 @@ process_openssl_decryption_update(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, int offset,
 /** Process standard openssl cipher encryption */
 static int
 process_openssl_cipher_encrypt(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst,
-		int offset, uint8_t *iv, uint8_t *key, int srclen,
-		EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *algo)
+		int offset, uint8_t *iv, int srclen, EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx)
 {
 	int totlen;
 
-	if (EVP_EncryptInit_ex(ctx, algo, NULL, key, iv) <= 0)
+	if (EVP_EncryptInit_ex(ctx, NULL, NULL, NULL, iv) <= 0)
 		goto process_cipher_encrypt_err;
 
 	EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding(ctx, 0);
@@ -743,12 +780,11 @@ process_openssl_cipher_bpi_encrypt(uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst,
 /** Process standard openssl cipher decryption */
 static int
 process_openssl_cipher_decrypt(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst,
-		int offset, uint8_t *iv, uint8_t *key, int srclen,
-		EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *algo)
+		int offset, uint8_t *iv, int srclen, EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx)
 {
 	int totlen;
 
-	if (EVP_DecryptInit_ex(ctx, algo, NULL, key, iv) <= 0)
+	if (EVP_DecryptInit_ex(ctx, NULL, NULL, NULL, iv) <= 0)
 		goto process_cipher_decrypt_err;
 
 	EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding(ctx, 0);
@@ -971,10 +1007,9 @@ process_openssl_auth(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
 /** Process standard openssl auth algorithms with hmac */
 static int
 process_openssl_auth_hmac(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
-		__rte_unused uint8_t *iv, EVP_PKEY *pkey,
-		int srclen, EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *algo)
+		int srclen, HMAC_CTX *ctx)
 {
-	size_t dstlen;
+	unsigned int dstlen;
 	struct rte_mbuf *m;
 	int l, n = srclen;
 	uint8_t *src;
@@ -986,19 +1021,16 @@ process_openssl_auth_hmac(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
 	if (m == 0)
 		goto process_auth_err;
 
-	if (EVP_DigestSignInit(ctx, NULL, algo, NULL, pkey) <= 0)
-		goto process_auth_err;
-
 	src = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, uint8_t *, offset);
 
 	l = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) - offset;
 	if (srclen <= l) {
-		if (EVP_DigestSignUpdate(ctx, (char *)src, srclen) <= 0)
+		if (HMAC_Update(ctx, (unsigned char *)src, srclen) != 1)
 			goto process_auth_err;
 		goto process_auth_final;
 	}
 
-	if (EVP_DigestSignUpdate(ctx, (char *)src, l) <= 0)
+	if (HMAC_Update(ctx, (unsigned char *)src, l) != 1)
 		goto process_auth_err;
 
 	n -= l;
@@ -1006,13 +1038,16 @@ process_openssl_auth_hmac(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
 	for (m = m->next; (m != NULL) && (n > 0); m = m->next) {
 		src = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *);
 		l = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) < n ? rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) : n;
-		if (EVP_DigestSignUpdate(ctx, (char *)src, l) <= 0)
+		if (HMAC_Update(ctx, (unsigned char *)src, l) != 1)
 			goto process_auth_err;
 		n -= l;
 	}
 
 process_auth_final:
-	if (EVP_DigestSignFinal(ctx, dst, &dstlen) <= 0)
+	if (HMAC_Final(ctx, dst, &dstlen) != 1)
+		goto process_auth_err;
+
+	if (unlikely(HMAC_Init_ex(ctx, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL) != 1))
 		goto process_auth_err;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1122,15 +1157,11 @@ process_openssl_cipher_op
 		if (sess->cipher.direction == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT)
 			status = process_openssl_cipher_encrypt(mbuf_src, dst,
 					op->sym->cipher.data.offset, iv,
-					sess->cipher.key.data, srclen,
-					sess->cipher.ctx,
-					sess->cipher.evp_algo);
+					srclen, sess->cipher.ctx);
 		else
 			status = process_openssl_cipher_decrypt(mbuf_src, dst,
 					op->sym->cipher.data.offset, iv,
-					sess->cipher.key.data, srclen,
-					sess->cipher.ctx,
-					sess->cipher.evp_algo);
+					srclen, sess->cipher.ctx);
 	else
 		status = process_openssl_cipher_des3ctr(mbuf_src, dst,
 				op->sym->cipher.data.offset, iv,
@@ -1174,8 +1205,7 @@ process_openssl_docsis_bpi_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 			/* Encrypt with the block aligned stream with CBC mode */
 			status = process_openssl_cipher_encrypt(mbuf_src, dst,
 					op->sym->cipher.data.offset, iv,
-					sess->cipher.key.data, srclen,
-					sess->cipher.ctx, sess->cipher.evp_algo);
+					srclen, sess->cipher.ctx);
 			if (last_block_len) {
 				/* Point at last block */
 				dst += srclen;
@@ -1225,9 +1255,7 @@ process_openssl_docsis_bpi_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 			/* Decrypt with CBC mode */
 			status |= process_openssl_cipher_decrypt(mbuf_src, dst,
 					op->sym->cipher.data.offset, iv,
-					sess->cipher.key.data, srclen,
-					sess->cipher.ctx,
-					sess->cipher.evp_algo);
+					srclen, sess->cipher.ctx);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1265,9 +1293,8 @@ process_openssl_auth_op
 		break;
 	case OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_HMAC:
 		status = process_openssl_auth_hmac(mbuf_src, dst,
-				op->sym->auth.data.offset, NULL,
-				sess->auth.hmac.pkey, srclen,
-				sess->auth.hmac.ctx, sess->auth.hmac.evp_algo);
+				op->sym->auth.data.offset, srclen,
+				&sess->auth.hmac.ctx);
 		break;
 	default:
 		status = -1;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h
index b7f7475..e36741e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define _OPENSSL_PMD_PRIVATE_H_
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
+#include <openssl/hmac.h>
 #include <openssl/des.h>
 
 #define CRYPTODEV_NAME_OPENSSL_PMD	crypto_openssl
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ struct openssl_session {
 				/**< pointer to EVP key */
 				const EVP_MD *evp_algo;
 				/**< pointer to EVP algorithm function */
-				EVP_MD_CTX *ctx;
+				HMAC_CTX ctx;
 				/**< pointer to EVP context structure */
 			} hmac;
 		};
