diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 854546000c92..1ff99a7091bb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -674,6 +674,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_chip_register);
  */
 void tpm_chip_unregister(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_TCG_TPM2_HMAC
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = tpm_try_get_ops(chip);
+	if (!rc) {
+		tpm2_end_auth_session(chip);
+		tpm_put_ops(chip);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	tpm_del_legacy_sysfs(chip);
 	if (tpm_is_hwrng_enabled(chip))
 		hwrng_unregister(&chip->hwrng);
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
index c3fbbf4d3db7..48ff87444f85 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ static ssize_t tpm_dev_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	struct tpm_header *header = (void *)buf;
 	ssize_t ret, len;
 
+	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
+		tpm2_end_auth_session(chip);
+
 	ret = tpm2_prepare_space(chip, space, buf, bufsiz);
 	/* If the command is not implemented by the TPM, synthesize a
 	 * response with a TPM2_RC_COMMAND_CODE return for user-space.
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 5da134f12c9a..8134f002b121 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -379,10 +379,12 @@ int tpm_pm_suspend(struct device *dev)
 
 	rc = tpm_try_get_ops(chip);
 	if (!rc) {
-		if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
+		if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2) {
+			tpm2_end_auth_session(chip);
 			tpm2_shutdown(chip, TPM2_SU_STATE);
-		else
+		} else {
 			rc = tpm1_pm_suspend(chip, tpm_suspend_pcr);
+		}
 
 		tpm_put_ops(chip);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
index 4821be276670..0739830904b2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ void tpm_buf_append_hmac_session(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_buf *buf,
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCG_TPM2_HMAC
+	/* The first write to /dev/tpm{rm0} will flush the session. */
+	attributes |= TPM2_SA_CONTINUE_SESSION;
+
 	/*
 	 * The Architecture Guide requires us to strip trailing zeros
 	 * before computing the HMAC
@@ -484,7 +487,8 @@ static void tpm2_KDFe(u8 z[EC_PT_SZ], const char *str, u8 *pt_u, u8 *pt_v,
 	sha256_final(&sctx, out);
 }
 
-static void tpm_buf_append_salt(struct tpm_buf *buf, struct tpm_chip *chip)
+static void tpm_buf_append_salt(struct tpm_buf *buf, struct tpm_chip *chip,
+				struct tpm2_auth *auth)
 {
 	struct crypto_kpp *kpp;
 	struct kpp_request *req;
@@ -543,7 +547,7 @@ static void tpm_buf_append_salt(struct tpm_buf *buf, struct tpm_chip *chip)
 	sg_set_buf(&s[0], chip->null_ec_key_x, EC_PT_SZ);
 	sg_set_buf(&s[1], chip->null_ec_key_y, EC_PT_SZ);
 	kpp_request_set_input(req, s, EC_PT_SZ*2);
-	sg_init_one(d, chip->auth->salt, EC_PT_SZ);
+	sg_init_one(d, auth->salt, EC_PT_SZ);
 	kpp_request_set_output(req, d, EC_PT_SZ);
 	crypto_kpp_compute_shared_secret(req);
 	kpp_request_free(req);
@@ -554,8 +558,7 @@ static void tpm_buf_append_salt(struct tpm_buf *buf, struct tpm_chip *chip)
 	 * This works because KDFe fully consumes the secret before it
 	 * writes the salt
 	 */
-	tpm2_KDFe(chip->auth->salt, "SECRET", x, chip->null_ec_key_x,
-		  chip->auth->salt);
+	tpm2_KDFe(auth->salt, "SECRET", x, chip->null_ec_key_x, auth->salt);
 
  out:
 	crypto_free_kpp(kpp);
@@ -853,7 +856,9 @@ int tpm_buf_check_hmac_response(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_buf *buf,
 		if (rc)
 			/* manually close the session if it wasn't consumed */
 			tpm2_flush_context(chip, auth->handle);
-		memzero_explicit(auth, sizeof(*auth));
+
+		kfree_sensitive(auth);
+		chip->auth = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/* reset for next use  */
 		auth->session = TPM_HEADER_SIZE;
@@ -881,7 +886,8 @@ void tpm2_end_auth_session(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 		return;
 
 	tpm2_flush_context(chip, auth->handle);
-	memzero_explicit(auth, sizeof(*auth));
+	kfree_sensitive(auth);
+	chip->auth = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tpm2_end_auth_session);
 
@@ -962,16 +968,20 @@ static int tpm2_load_null(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 *null_key)
  */
 int tpm2_start_auth_session(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
+	struct tpm2_auth *auth;
 	struct tpm_buf buf;
-	struct tpm2_auth *auth = chip->auth;
-	int rc;
 	u32 null_key;
+	int rc;
 
-	if (!auth) {
-		dev_warn_once(&chip->dev, "auth session is not active\n");
+	if (chip->auth) {
+		dev_warn_once(&chip->dev, "auth session is active\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	auth = kzalloc(sizeof(*auth), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!auth)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	rc = tpm2_load_null(chip, &null_key);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
@@ -992,7 +1002,7 @@ int tpm2_start_auth_session(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 	tpm_buf_append(&buf, auth->our_nonce, sizeof(auth->our_nonce));
 
 	/* append encrypted salt and squirrel away unencrypted in auth */
-	tpm_buf_append_salt(&buf, chip);
+	tpm_buf_append_salt(&buf, chip, auth);
 	/* session type (HMAC, audit or policy) */
 	tpm_buf_append_u8(&buf, TPM2_SE_HMAC);
 
@@ -1014,10 +1024,13 @@ int tpm2_start_auth_session(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 
 	tpm_buf_destroy(&buf);
 
-	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+	if (rc == TPM2_RC_SUCCESS) {
+		chip->auth = auth;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
- out:
+out:
+	kfree_sensitive(auth);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tpm2_start_auth_session);
@@ -1367,10 +1380,6 @@ int tpm2_sessions_init(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	chip->auth = kmalloc(sizeof(*chip->auth), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!chip->auth)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tpm2_sessions_init);