diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_adf/qat_algs_build_desc.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_adf/qat_algs_build_desc.c
index 8900668dcd..f4e24b366d 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_adf/qat_algs_build_desc.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_adf/qat_algs_build_desc.c
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ void qat_alg_init_common_hdr(struct icp_qat_fw_comn_req_hdr *header,
 				proto);
 	ICP_QAT_FW_LA_UPDATE_STATE_SET(header->serv_specif_flags,
 					   ICP_QAT_FW_LA_NO_UPDATE_STATE);
+	ICP_QAT_FW_LA_DIGEST_IN_BUFFER_SET(header->serv_specif_flags,
+					ICP_QAT_FW_LA_NO_DIGEST_IN_BUFFER);
 }
 
 int qat_alg_aead_session_create_content_desc_cipher(struct qat_session *cdesc,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
index 798cd982c7..6a6bd2e806 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
@@ -955,7 +955,6 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg)
 	uint32_t cipher_len = 0, cipher_ofs = 0;
 	uint32_t auth_len = 0, auth_ofs = 0;
 	uint32_t min_ofs = 0;
-	uint32_t digest_appended = 1;
 	uint64_t buf_start = 0;
 
 
@@ -1068,14 +1067,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg)
 		}
 		min_ofs = auth_ofs;
 
-		if (op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr) {
-			ICP_QAT_FW_LA_DIGEST_IN_BUFFER_SET(
-					qat_req->comn_hdr.serv_specif_flags,
-					ICP_QAT_FW_LA_NO_DIGEST_IN_BUFFER);
-			auth_param->auth_res_addr =
-					op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr;
-			digest_appended = 0;
-		}
+		auth_param->auth_res_addr = op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr;
 
 		auth_param->u1.aad_adr = op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr;
 
@@ -1126,14 +1118,6 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg)
 		(cipher_param->cipher_offset + cipher_param->cipher_length)
 		: (auth_param->auth_off + auth_param->auth_len);
 
-	if (do_auth && digest_appended) {
-		if (ctx->auth_op == ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_GENERATE)
-			qat_req->comn_mid.dst_length
-					+= op->sym->auth.digest.length;
-		else
-			qat_req->comn_mid.src_length
-				+= op->sym->auth.digest.length;
-	}
 
 	/* out-of-place operation (OOP) */
 	if (unlikely(op->sym->m_dst != NULL)) {
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
index d3d38e4fa5..d694723e63 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
@@ -541,8 +541,7 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 
 		struct {
 			uint8_t *data;
-			/**< If this member of this structure is set this is a
-			 * pointer to the location where the digest result
+			/**< This points to the location where the digest result
 			 * should be inserted (in the case of digest generation)
 			 * or where the purported digest exists (in the case of
 			 * digest verification).
@@ -560,13 +559,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 			 * @note
 			 * For GCM (@ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM), for
 			 * "digest result" read "authentication tag T".
-			 *
-			 * If this member is not set the digest result is
-			 * understood to be in the destination buffer for
-			 * digest generation, and in the source buffer for
-			 * digest verification. The location of the digest
-			 * result in this case is immediately following the
-			 * region over which the digest is computed.
 			 */
 			phys_addr_t phys_addr;
 			/**< Physical address of digest */