diff --git a/components/mbedtls/port/aes/dma/esp_aes.c b/components/mbedtls/port/aes/dma/esp_aes.c
index ee893605ff..a0b9af4ca5 100644
--- a/components/mbedtls/port/aes/dma/esp_aes.c
+++ b/components/mbedtls/port/aes/dma/esp_aes.c
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ static int esp_aes_process_dma(esp_aes_context *ctx, const unsigned char *input,
 {
     lldesc_t stream_in_desc, stream_out_desc;
     lldesc_t *in_desc_head = NULL, *out_desc_head = NULL;
-    lldesc_t *block_desc = NULL, *block_in_desc, *block_out_desc;
+    lldesc_t *out_desc_tail = NULL; /* pointer to the final output descriptor */
+    lldesc_t *block_desc = NULL, *block_in_desc = NULL, *block_out_desc = NULL;
     size_t lldesc_num;
     uint8_t stream_in[16] = {};
     unsigned stream_bytes = len % AES_BLOCK_BYTES; // bytes which aren't in a full block
@@ -357,8 +358,10 @@ static int esp_aes_process_dma(esp_aes_context *ctx, const unsigned char *input,
         block_in_desc = block_desc;
         block_out_desc = block_desc + lldesc_num;
 
-        lldesc_setup_link(block_desc, input, block_bytes, 0);
-        lldesc_setup_link(block_desc + lldesc_num, output, block_bytes, 0);
+        lldesc_setup_link(block_in_desc, input, block_bytes, 0);
+        lldesc_setup_link(block_out_desc, output, block_bytes, 0);
+
+        out_desc_tail = &block_out_desc[lldesc_num - 1];
     }
 
     /* Any leftover bytes which are appended as an additional DMA list */
@@ -373,6 +376,8 @@ static int esp_aes_process_dma(esp_aes_context *ctx, const unsigned char *input,
             block_in_desc[lldesc_num - 1].empty = (uint32_t)&stream_in_desc;
             block_out_desc[lldesc_num - 1].empty = (uint32_t)&stream_out_desc;
         }
+
+        out_desc_tail = &stream_out_desc;
     }
 
     // block buffers are sent to DMA first, unless there aren't any
@@ -401,7 +406,7 @@ static int esp_aes_process_dma(esp_aes_context *ctx, const unsigned char *input,
     }
 
     aes_hal_transform_dma_start(blocks);
-    esp_aes_dma_wait_complete(use_intr, out_desc_head);
+    esp_aes_dma_wait_complete(use_intr, out_desc_tail);
 
 #if (CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC || CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC)
     if (block_bytes > 0) {
diff --git a/components/mbedtls/test/test_aes.c b/components/mbedtls/test/test_aes.c
index d3d8ed524f..2c89d3f370 100644
--- a/components/mbedtls/test/test_aes.c
+++ b/components/mbedtls/test/test_aes.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "mbedtls/gcm.h"
 #include "unity.h"
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ TEST_CASE("mbedtls CTR stream test", "[aes]")
         no matter how many bytes we encrypt each call
         */
     for (int bytes_to_process = 1; bytes_to_process < SZ; bytes_to_process++) {
-
+        ESP_LOGD("test", "bytes_to_process %d", bytes_to_process);
         memset(nonce, 0xEE, 16);
         memset(chipertext, 0x0, SZ);
         memset(decryptedtext, 0x0, SZ);
@@ -370,10 +371,14 @@ TEST_CASE("mbedtls CTR stream test", "[aes]")
             mbedtls_aes_crypt_ctr(&ctx, length, &offset, nonce,
                                   stream_block, plaintext + idx, chipertext + idx );
         }
+        ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEXDUMP("expected", expected_cipher, SZ, ESP_LOG_DEBUG);
+        ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEXDUMP("actual  ", chipertext, SZ, ESP_LOG_DEBUG);
+
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_HEX8_ARRAY(expected_cipher, chipertext, SZ);
 
         // Decrypt
         memset(nonce, 0xEE, 16);
+        memset(decryptedtext, 0x22, SZ);
         offset = 0;
         for (int idx = 0; idx < SZ; idx = idx + bytes_to_process) {
             // Limit length of last call to avoid exceeding buffer size
@@ -381,6 +386,7 @@ TEST_CASE("mbedtls CTR stream test", "[aes]")
             mbedtls_aes_crypt_ctr(&ctx, length, &offset, nonce,
                                   stream_block, chipertext + idx, decryptedtext + idx );
         }
+        ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEXDUMP("decrypted", decryptedtext, SZ, ESP_LOG_DEBUG);
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_HEX8_ARRAY(plaintext, decryptedtext, SZ);
     }
 
@@ -451,6 +457,7 @@ TEST_CASE("mbedtls OFB stream test", "[aes]")
         */
 
     for (int bytes_to_process = 1; bytes_to_process < SZ; bytes_to_process++) {
+        ESP_LOGD("test", "bytes_to_process %d", bytes_to_process);
         // Encrypt
         memset(iv, 0xEE, 16);
         size_t offset = 0;
@@ -464,6 +471,7 @@ TEST_CASE("mbedtls OFB stream test", "[aes]")
 
         // Decrypt
         memset(iv, 0xEE, 16);
+        memset(decryptedtext, 0x22, SZ);
         offset = 0;
         for (int idx = 0; idx < SZ; idx = idx + bytes_to_process) {
             // Limit length of last call to avoid exceeding buffer size