diff --git a/src/cryptenroll/cryptenroll-tpm2.c b/src/cryptenroll/cryptenroll-tpm2.c
index 48f08e15d2..50abca4363 100644
--- a/src/cryptenroll/cryptenroll-tpm2.c
+++ b/src/cryptenroll/cryptenroll-tpm2.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ int enroll_tpm2(struct crypt_device *cd,
         ssize_t base64_encoded_size;
         int r, keyslot, slot_to_wipe = -1;
         TPM2Flags flags = 0;
+        uint16_t primary_alg = 0;
         uint8_t binary_salt[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] = {};
         /*
          * erase the salt, we'd rather attempt to not have this in a coredump
@@ -402,6 +403,8 @@ int enroll_tpm2(struct crypt_device *cd,
                 if (!tpm2_pcr_values_has_all_values(hash_pcr_values, n_hash_pcr_values))
                         return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                                                "Must provide all PCR values when using TPM2 device key.");
+
+                primary_alg = device_key_public.publicArea.type;
         } else {
                 r = tpm2_context_new_or_warn(device, &tpm2_context);
                 if (r < 0)
@@ -515,7 +518,7 @@ int enroll_tpm2(struct crypt_device *cd,
                               &secret,
                               &blobs,
                               &n_blobs,
-                              /* ret_primary_alg= */ NULL,
+                              &primary_alg,
                               &srk);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to seal to TPM2: %m");
@@ -553,7 +556,7 @@ int enroll_tpm2(struct crypt_device *cd,
                                 signature_json,
                                 pin_str,
                                 pcrlock_path ? &pcrlock_policy : NULL,
-                                /* primary_alg= */ 0,
+                                primary_alg,
                                 blobs,
                                 n_blobs,
                                 policy_hash_as_iovec,
@@ -592,7 +595,7 @@ int enroll_tpm2(struct crypt_device *cd,
                         hash_pcr_bank,
                         &pubkey,
                         pubkey_pcr_mask,
-                        /* primary_alg= */ 0,
+                        primary_alg,
                         blobs,
                         n_blobs,
                         policy_hash_as_iovec,
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-tpm2.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-tpm2.c
index 4b9fe11199..933d18e2fd 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-tpm2.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-tokens/cryptsetup-token-systemd-tpm2.c
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ _public_ void cryptsetup_token_dump(
         crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-pcr-bank:    %s\n", strna(tpm2_hash_alg_to_string(pcr_bank)));
         crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-pubkey:" CRYPT_DUMP_LINE_SEP "%s\n", pubkey_str);
         crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-pubkey-pcrs: %s\n", strna(pubkey_pcrs_str));
-        crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-primary-alg: %s\n", strna(tpm2_asym_alg_to_string(primary_alg)));
+        if (primary_alg != 0)
+                crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-primary-alg: %s\n", strna(tpm2_asym_alg_to_string(primary_alg)));
         crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-pin:         %s\n", true_false(flags & TPM2_FLAGS_USE_PIN));
         crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-pcrlock:     %s\n", true_false(flags & TPM2_FLAGS_USE_PCRLOCK));
         crypt_log(cd, "\ttpm2-salt:        %s\n", true_false(iovec_is_set(&salt)));
diff --git a/src/shared/tpm2-util.c b/src/shared/tpm2-util.c
index 4de6f46aed..e569436142 100644
--- a/src/shared/tpm2-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/tpm2-util.c
@@ -5625,8 +5625,9 @@ int tpm2_unseal(Tpm2Context *c,
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
         if (r == 0) {
+                /* ECC was the only supported algorithm in systemd < 250, use that as implied default, for compatibility */
                 if (primary_alg == 0)
-                        return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "No SRK or primary algorithm provided.");
+                        primary_alg = TPM2_ALG_ECC;
 
                 TPM2B_PUBLIC template = {
                         .size = sizeof(TPMT_PUBLIC),
@@ -8592,7 +8593,7 @@ int tpm2_parse_luks2_json(
 
         _cleanup_(iovec_done) struct iovec pubkey = {}, salt = {}, srk = {}, pcrlock_nv = {};
         uint32_t hash_pcr_mask = 0, pubkey_pcr_mask = 0;
-        uint16_t primary_alg = TPM2_ALG_ECC; /* ECC was the only supported algorithm in systemd < 250, use that as implied default, for compatibility */
+        uint16_t primary_alg = 0;
         uint16_t pcr_bank = UINT16_MAX; /* default: pick automatically */
         int r, keyslot = -1;
         TPM2Flags flags = 0;