diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
index b948fd864d457e9ce857d1d04fd74bf8997e0aee..0d2e812d424bff13aeb2ae7905d6ff026ffec581 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
@@ -831,9 +831,8 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	for (i = v->levels - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		sector_t s;
 		v->hash_level_block[i] = hash_position;
-		s = verity_position_at_level(v, v->data_blocks, i);
-		s = (s >> v->hash_per_block_bits) +
-		    !!(s & ((1 << v->hash_per_block_bits) - 1));
+		s = (v->data_blocks + ((sector_t)1 << ((i + 1) * v->hash_per_block_bits)) - 1)
+					>> ((i + 1) * v->hash_per_block_bits);
 		if (hash_position + s < hash_position) {
 			ti->error = "Hash device offset overflow";
 			r = -E2BIG;