diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
index 6a7a17c489c9..8007e2e21972 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ int verity_fec_parse_opt_args(struct dm_arg_set *as, struct dm_verity *v,
 	(*argc)--;
 
 	if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_FEC_DEV)) {
+		if (v->fec->dev) {
+			ti->error = "FEC device already specified";
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		r = dm_get_device(ti, arg_value, BLK_OPEN_READ, &v->fec->dev);
 		if (r) {
 			ti->error = "FEC device lookup failed";
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 6ae97da741bb..60e74c0e02f1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1043,6 +1043,9 @@ static int verity_alloc_most_once(struct dm_verity *v)
 {
 	struct dm_target *ti = v->ti;
 
+	if (v->validated_blocks)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* the bitset can only handle INT_MAX blocks */
 	if (v->data_blocks > INT_MAX) {
 		ti->error = "device too large to use check_at_most_once";
@@ -1066,6 +1069,9 @@ static int verity_alloc_zero_digest(struct dm_verity *v)
 	struct ahash_request *req;
 	u8 *zero_data;
 
+	if (v->zero_digest)
+		return 0;
+
 	v->zero_digest = kmalloc(v->digest_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!v->zero_digest)
@@ -1405,7 +1411,7 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 			goto bad;
 	}
 
-	/* Root hash signature is  a optional parameter*/
+	/* Root hash signature is an optional parameter */
 	r = verity_verify_root_hash(root_hash_digest_to_validate,
 				    strlen(root_hash_digest_to_validate),
 				    verify_args.sig,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
index 4836508ea50c..1ced2ef255f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ int verity_verify_sig_parse_opt_args(struct dm_arg_set *as,
 				     const char *arg_name)
 {
 	struct dm_target *ti = v->ti;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	const char *sig_key = NULL;
 
+	if (v->signature_key_desc) {
+		ti->error = DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ERR("root_hash_sig_key_desc already specified");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (!*argc) {
 		ti->error = DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ERR("Signature key not specified");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -83,14 +88,18 @@ int verity_verify_sig_parse_opt_args(struct dm_arg_set *as,
 	(*argc)--;
 
 	ret = verity_verify_get_sig_from_key(sig_key, sig_opts);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		ti->error = DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ERR("Invalid key specified");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	v->signature_key_desc = kstrdup(sig_key, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!v->signature_key_desc)
+	if (!v->signature_key_desc) {
+		ti->error = DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ERR("Could not allocate memory for signature key");
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*