diff --git a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c
index 38c8a5b823..6f1f2dc252 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c
+++ b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp.c
@@ -345,17 +345,16 @@ qat_comp_private_xform_create(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
 		if (xform->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_FIXED ||
 		  ((xform->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DEFAULT)
 				   && qat->interm_buff_mz == NULL))
-
 			qat_xform->qat_comp_request_type =
 					QAT_COMP_REQUEST_FIXED_COMP_STATELESS;
 
+		qat_xform->checksum_type = xform->compress.chksum;
 
 	} else {
 		qat_xform->qat_comp_request_type = QAT_COMP_REQUEST_DECOMPRESS;
+		qat_xform->checksum_type = xform->decompress.chksum;
 	}
 
-	qat_xform->checksum_type = xform->compress.chksum;
-
 	if (qat_comp_create_templates(qat_xform, qat->interm_buff_mz, xform)) {
 		QAT_LOG(ERR, "QAT: Problem with setting compression");
 		return -EINVAL;