diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index f5a91afe7ab1..96a7c819eb18 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -927,9 +927,11 @@ MLINKS+=crypto_driver.9 crypto_copyback.9 \
 	crypto_driver.9 CRYPTODEV_PROCESS.9 \
 	crypto_driver.9 hmac_init_ipad.9 \
 	crypto_driver.9 hmac_init_opad.9
-MLINKS+=crypto_request.9 crypto_dispatch.9 \
+MLINKS+=crypto_request.9 crypto_destroyreq.9 \
+	crypto_request.9 crypto_dispatch.9 \
 	crypto_request.9 crypto_freereq.9 \
 	crypto_request.9 crypto_getreq.9 \
+	crypto_request.9 crypto_initreq.9 \
 	crypto_request.9 crypto_use_buf.9 \
 	crypto_request.9 crypto_use_mbuf.9 \
 	crypto_request.9 crypto_use_output_buf.9 \
diff --git a/share/man/man9/crypto_request.9 b/share/man/man9/crypto_request.9
index 1a46a5a9962d..69b2a82d7ab1 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/crypto_request.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/crypto_request.9
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 22, 2020
+.Dd July 16, 2020
 .Dt CRYPTO_REQUEST 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *crp"
 .Ft void
+.Fn crypto_destroyreq "struct cryptop *crp"
+.Ft void
 .Fn crypto_freereq "struct cryptop *crp"
 .Ft "struct cryptop *"
 .Fn crypto_getreq "crypto_session_t cses" "int how"
 .Ft void
+.Fn crypto_initreq "crypto_session_t cses" "int how"
+.Ft void
 .Fn crypto_use_buf "struct cryptop *crp" "void *buf" "int len"
 .Ft void
 .Fn crypto_use_mbuf "struct cryptop *crp" "struct mbuf *m"
@@ -62,10 +66,27 @@ an instance of
 .Vt struct cryptop
 and is associated with an active session.
 .Pp
-New requests are allocated by
-.Fn crypto_getreq .
+Requests can either be allocated dynamically or use caller-supplied
+storage.
+Dynamically allocated requests should be allocated by
+.Fn crypto_getreq
+and freed by
+.Fn crypto_freereq
+once the request has completed.
+Requests using caller-supplied storage should be initialized by
+.Fn crypto_initreq
+at the start of each operation and destroyed by
+.Fn crypto_destroyreq
+once the request has completed.
+.Pp
+For both
+.Fn crypto_getreq
+and
+.Fn crypto_initreq ,
 .Fa cses
 is a reference to an active session.
+For
+.Fn crypto_getreq ,
 .Fa how
 is passed to
 .Xr malloc 9
@@ -73,7 +94,9 @@ and should be set to either
 .Dv M_NOWAIT
 or
 .Dv M_WAITOK .
-The caller should then set fields in the returned structure to describe
+.Pp
+Once a request has been initialized,
+the caller should set fields in the structure to describe
 request-specific parameters.
 Unused fields should be left as-is.
 .Pp
@@ -92,7 +115,9 @@ Note that a request's callback function may be invoked before
 returns.
 .Pp
 Once a request has signaled completion by invoking its callback function,
-it should be feed via
+it should be freed via
+.Fn crypto_destroyreq
+or
 .Fn crypto_freereq .
 .Pp
 Cryptographic operations include several fields to describe the request.
diff --git a/sys/opencrypto/crypto.c b/sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
index 3c4ba0ac5a8a..8f0af929da40 100644
--- a/sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
+++ b/sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
@@ -1734,12 +1734,8 @@ crypto_invoke(struct cryptocap *cap, struct cryptop *crp, int hint)
 }
 
 void
-crypto_freereq(struct cryptop *crp)
+crypto_destroyreq(struct cryptop *crp)
 {
-
-	if (crp == NULL)
-		return;
-
 #ifdef DIAGNOSTIC
 	{
 		struct cryptop *crp2;
@@ -1764,10 +1760,31 @@ crypto_freereq(struct cryptop *crp)
 		}
 	}
 #endif
+}
 
+void
+crypto_freereq(struct cryptop *crp)
+{
+	if (crp == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	crypto_destroyreq(crp);
 	uma_zfree(cryptop_zone, crp);
 }
 
+static void
+_crypto_initreq(struct cryptop *crp, crypto_session_t cses)
+{
+	crp->crp_session = cses;
+}
+
+void
+crypto_initreq(struct cryptop *crp, crypto_session_t cses)
+{
+	memset(crp, 0, sizeof(*crp));
+	_crypto_initreq(crp, cses);
+}
+
 struct cryptop *
 crypto_getreq(crypto_session_t cses, int how)
 {
@@ -1775,7 +1792,8 @@ crypto_getreq(crypto_session_t cses, int how)
 
 	MPASS(how == M_WAITOK || how == M_NOWAIT);
 	crp = uma_zalloc(cryptop_zone, how | M_ZERO);
-	crp->crp_session = cses;
+	if (crp != NULL)
+		_crypto_initreq(crp, cses);
 	return (crp);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.h b/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.h
index a272aec6cb1b..edde16cf7327 100644
--- a/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.h
+++ b/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.h
@@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ extern	void crypto_done(struct cryptop *crp);
 extern	void crypto_kdone(struct cryptkop *);
 extern	int crypto_getfeat(int *);
 
+extern	void crypto_destroyreq(struct cryptop *crp);
+extern	void crypto_initreq(struct cryptop *crp, crypto_session_t cses);
 extern	void crypto_freereq(struct cryptop *crp);
 extern	struct cryptop *crypto_getreq(crypto_session_t cses, int how);