diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
index edc624b..487cb66 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
@@ -173,6 +173,84 @@ static sector_t verity_position_at_level(struct dm_verity *v, sector_t block,
 	return block >> (level * v->hash_per_block_bits);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wrapper for crypto_shash_init, which handles verity salting.
+ */
+static int verity_hash_init(struct dm_verity *v, struct shash_desc *desc)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	desc->tfm = v->tfm;
+	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+
+	r = crypto_shash_init(desc);
+
+	if (unlikely(r < 0)) {
+		DMERR("crypto_shash_init failed: %d", r);
+		return r;
+	}
+
+	if (likely(v->version >= 1)) {
+		r = crypto_shash_update(desc, v->salt, v->salt_size);
+
+		if (unlikely(r < 0)) {
+			DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
+			return r;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int verity_hash_update(struct dm_verity *v, struct shash_desc *desc,
+			      const u8 *data, size_t len)
+{
+	int r = crypto_shash_update(desc, data, len);
+
+	if (unlikely(r < 0))
+		DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static int verity_hash_final(struct dm_verity *v, struct shash_desc *desc,
+			     u8 *digest)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	if (unlikely(!v->version)) {
+		r = crypto_shash_update(desc, v->salt, v->salt_size);
+
+		if (r < 0) {
+			DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
+			return r;
+		}
+	}
+
+	r = crypto_shash_final(desc, digest);
+
+	if (unlikely(r < 0))
+		DMERR("crypto_shash_final failed: %d", r);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static int verity_hash(struct dm_verity *v, struct shash_desc *desc,
+		       const u8 *data, size_t len, u8 *digest)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	r = verity_hash_init(v, desc);
+	if (unlikely(r < 0))
+		return r;
+
+	r = verity_hash_update(v, desc, data, len);
+	if (unlikely(r < 0))
+		return r;
+
+	return verity_hash_final(v, desc, digest);
+}
+
 static void verity_hash_at_level(struct dm_verity *v, sector_t block, int level,
 				 sector_t *hash_block, unsigned *offset)
 {
@@ -253,10 +331,10 @@ out:
  * If "skip_unverified" is false, unverified buffer is hashed and verified
  * against current value of io_want_digest(v, io).
  */
-static int verity_verify_level(struct dm_verity_io *io, sector_t block,
-			       int level, bool skip_unverified)
+static int verity_verify_level(struct dm_verity *v, struct dm_verity_io *io,
+			       sector_t block, int level, bool skip_unverified,
+			       u8 *want_digest)
 {
-	struct dm_verity *v = io->v;
 	struct dm_buffer *buf;
 	struct buffer_aux *aux;
 	u8 *data;
@@ -273,75 +351,72 @@ static int verity_verify_level(struct dm_verity_io *io, sector_t block,
 	aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(buf);
 
 	if (!aux->hash_verified) {
-		struct shash_desc *desc;
-		u8 *result;
-
 		if (skip_unverified) {
 			r = 1;
 			goto release_ret_r;
 		}
 
-		desc = io_hash_desc(v, io);
-		desc->tfm = v->tfm;
-		desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
-		r = crypto_shash_init(desc);
-		if (r < 0) {
-			DMERR("crypto_shash_init failed: %d", r);
+		r = verity_hash(v, io_hash_desc(v, io),
+				data, 1 << v->hash_dev_block_bits,
+				io_real_digest(v, io));
+		if (unlikely(r < 0))
 			goto release_ret_r;
-		}
-
-		if (likely(v->version >= 1)) {
-			r = crypto_shash_update(desc, v->salt, v->salt_size);
-			if (r < 0) {
-				DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
-				goto release_ret_r;
-			}
-		}
 
-		r = crypto_shash_update(desc, data, 1 << v->hash_dev_block_bits);
-		if (r < 0) {
-			DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
-			goto release_ret_r;
-		}
-
-		if (!v->version) {
-			r = crypto_shash_update(desc, v->salt, v->salt_size);
-			if (r < 0) {
-				DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
-				goto release_ret_r;
-			}
-		}
-
-		result = io_real_digest(v, io);
-		r = crypto_shash_final(desc, result);
-		if (r < 0) {
-			DMERR("crypto_shash_final failed: %d", r);
+		if (likely(memcmp(io_real_digest(v, io), want_digest,
+				  v->digest_size) == 0))
+			aux->hash_verified = 1;
+		else if (verity_handle_err(v,
+					   DM_VERITY_BLOCK_TYPE_METADATA,
+					   hash_block)) {
+			r = -EIO;
 			goto release_ret_r;
 		}
-		if (unlikely(memcmp(result, io_want_digest(v, io), v->digest_size))) {
-			if (verity_handle_err(v, DM_VERITY_BLOCK_TYPE_METADATA,
-					      hash_block)) {
-				r = -EIO;
-				goto release_ret_r;
-			}
-		} else
-			aux->hash_verified = 1;
 	}
 
 	data += offset;
-
-	memcpy(io_want_digest(v, io), data, v->digest_size);
-
-	dm_bufio_release(buf);
-	return 0;
+	memcpy(want_digest, data, v->digest_size);
+	r = 0;
 
 release_ret_r:
 	dm_bufio_release(buf);
-
 	return r;
 }
 
 /*
+ * Find a hash for a given block, write it to digest and verify the integrity
+ * of the hash tree if necessary.
+ */
+static int verity_hash_for_block(struct dm_verity *v, struct dm_verity_io *io,
+				 sector_t block, u8 *digest)
+{
+	int i;
+	int r;
+
+	if (likely(v->levels)) {
+		/*
+		 * First, we try to get the requested hash for
+		 * the current block. If the hash block itself is
+		 * verified, zero is returned. If it isn't, this
+		 * function returns 1 and we fall back to whole
+		 * chain verification.
+		 */
+		r = verity_verify_level(v, io, block, 0, true, digest);
+		if (likely(r <= 0))
+			return r;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(digest, v->root_digest, v->digest_size);
+
+	for (i = v->levels - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		r = verity_verify_level(v, io, block, i, false, digest);
+		if (unlikely(r))
+			return r;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Verify one "dm_verity_io" structure.
  */
 static int verity_verify_io(struct dm_verity_io *io)
@@ -350,54 +425,21 @@ static int verity_verify_io(struct dm_verity_io *io)
 	struct bio *bio = dm_bio_from_per_bio_data(io,
 						   v->ti->per_bio_data_size);
 	unsigned b;
-	int i;
 
 	for (b = 0; b < io->n_blocks; b++) {
-		struct shash_desc *desc;
-		u8 *result;
 		int r;
 		unsigned todo;
+		struct shash_desc *desc = io_hash_desc(v, io);
 
-		if (likely(v->levels)) {
-			/*
-			 * First, we try to get the requested hash for
-			 * the current block. If the hash block itself is
-			 * verified, zero is returned. If it isn't, this
-			 * function returns 0 and we fall back to whole
-			 * chain verification.
-			 */
-			int r = verity_verify_level(io, io->block + b, 0, true);
-			if (likely(!r))
-				goto test_block_hash;
-			if (r < 0)
-				return r;
-		}
-
-		memcpy(io_want_digest(v, io), v->root_digest, v->digest_size);
-
-		for (i = v->levels - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-			int r = verity_verify_level(io, io->block + b, i, false);
-			if (unlikely(r))
-				return r;
-		}
+		r = verity_hash_for_block(v, io, io->block + b,
+					  io_want_digest(v, io));
+		if (unlikely(r < 0))
+			return r;
 
-test_block_hash:
-		desc = io_hash_desc(v, io);
-		desc->tfm = v->tfm;
-		desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
-		r = crypto_shash_init(desc);
-		if (r < 0) {
-			DMERR("crypto_shash_init failed: %d", r);
+		r = verity_hash_init(v, desc);
+		if (unlikely(r < 0))
 			return r;
-		}
 
-		if (likely(v->version >= 1)) {
-			r = crypto_shash_update(desc, v->salt, v->salt_size);
-			if (r < 0) {
-				DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
-				return r;
-			}
-		}
 		todo = 1 << v->data_dev_block_bits;
 		do {
 			u8 *page;
@@ -408,37 +450,27 @@ test_block_hash:
 			len = bv.bv_len;
 			if (likely(len >= todo))
 				len = todo;
-			r = crypto_shash_update(desc, page + bv.bv_offset, len);
+			r = verity_hash_update(v, desc,  page + bv.bv_offset,
+					       len);
 			kunmap_atomic(page);
 
-			if (r < 0) {
-				DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
+			if (unlikely(r < 0))
 				return r;
-			}
 
 			bio_advance_iter(bio, &io->iter, len);
 			todo -= len;
 		} while (todo);
 
-		if (!v->version) {
-			r = crypto_shash_update(desc, v->salt, v->salt_size);
-			if (r < 0) {
-				DMERR("crypto_shash_update failed: %d", r);
-				return r;
-			}
-		}
-
-		result = io_real_digest(v, io);
-		r = crypto_shash_final(desc, result);
-		if (r < 0) {
-			DMERR("crypto_shash_final failed: %d", r);
+		r = verity_hash_final(v, desc, io_real_digest(v, io));
+		if (unlikely(r < 0))
 			return r;
-		}
-		if (unlikely(memcmp(result, io_want_digest(v, io), v->digest_size))) {
-			if (verity_handle_err(v, DM_VERITY_BLOCK_TYPE_DATA,
-					      io->block + b))
-				return -EIO;
-		}
+
+		if (likely(memcmp(io_real_digest(v, io),
+				io_want_digest(v, io), v->digest_size) == 0))
+			continue;
+		else if (verity_handle_err(v, DM_VERITY_BLOCK_TYPE_DATA,
+				io->block + b))
+			return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
