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diff --git a/lib/chacha.c b/lib/chacha.c
index 1bdc688c18df..a46d2832dbab 100644
--- a/lib/chacha.c
+++ b/lib/chacha.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static void chacha_permute(u32 *x, int nrounds)
int i;
/* whitelist the allowed round counts */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(nrounds != 20);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(nrounds != 20 && nrounds != 12);
for (i = 0; i < nrounds; i += 2) {
x[0] += x[4]; x[12] = rol32(x[12] ^ x[0], 16);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void chacha_permute(u32 *x, int nrounds)
* chacha_block - generate one keystream block and increment block counter
* @state: input state matrix (16 32-bit words)
* @stream: output keystream block (64 bytes)
- * @nrounds: number of rounds (currently must be 20)
+ * @nrounds: number of rounds (20 or 12; 20 is recommended)
*
* This is the ChaCha core, a function from 64-byte strings to 64-byte strings.
* The caller has already converted the endianness of the input. This function
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(chacha_block);
* hchacha_block - abbreviated ChaCha core, for XChaCha
* @in: input state matrix (16 32-bit words)
* @out: output (8 32-bit words)
- * @nrounds: number of rounds (currently must be 20)
+ * @nrounds: number of rounds (20 or 12; 20 is recommended)
*
* HChaCha is the ChaCha equivalent of HSalsa and is an intermediate step
* towards XChaCha (see https://cr.yp.to/snuffle/xsalsa-20081128.pdf). HChaCha