diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 64e8ac429984..14a9988ec30b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static int verity_verify_io(struct dm_verity_io *io)
 		sector_t cur_block = io->block + b;
 		struct ahash_request *req = verity_io_hash_req(v, io);
 
-		if (v->validated_blocks &&
+		if (v->validated_blocks && bio->bi_status == BLK_STS_OK &&
 		    likely(test_bit(cur_block, v->validated_blocks))) {
 			verity_bv_skip_block(v, io, iter);
 			continue;