diff --git a/stream.c b/stream.c
index dafcecf..84d16ab 100644
--- a/stream.c
+++ b/stream.c
@@ -1176,9 +1176,8 @@ retry:
 		if (encrypt_pad)
 			get_rand(cti->s_buf + cti->c_len, encrypt_pad);
 		print_maxverbose("Encrypting block        \n");
-		if (unlikely(aes_crypt_cbc(&control->aes_ctx, AES_ENCRYPT,
-			padded_len, control->hash_iv, cti->s_buf, cti->s_buf)))
-				failure("Failed to aes_crypt_cbc in compthread\n");
+		aes_crypt_cbc(&control->aes_ctx, AES_ENCRYPT, padded_len,
+			      control->hash_iv, cti->s_buf, cti->s_buf);
 	} else
 		padded_len = cti->c_len;
 
@@ -1436,9 +1435,8 @@ fill_another:
 
 	if (ENCRYPT) {
 		print_maxverbose("Decrypting block        \n");
-		if (unlikely(aes_crypt_cbc(&control->aes_ctx, AES_DECRYPT,
-			padded_len, control->hash_iv, s_buf, s_buf)))
-				failure("Failed to aes_crypt_cbc in fill_buffer\n");
+		aes_crypt_cbc(&control->aes_ctx, AES_DECRYPT, padded_len,
+			      control->hash_iv, s_buf, s_buf);
 	}
 
 	ucthread[s->uthread_no].s_buf = s_buf;