diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-loadpin.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-loadpin.c
index 387ec43aef72..4f78cc55c251 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-loadpin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-loadpin.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LIST_HEAD(dm_verity_loadpin_trusted_root_digests);
 
 static bool is_trusted_verity_target(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
+	int verity_mode;
 	u8 *root_digest;
 	unsigned int digest_size;
 	struct dm_verity_loadpin_trusted_root_digest *trd;
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ static bool is_trusted_verity_target(struct dm_target *ti)
 	if (!dm_is_verity_target(ti))
 		return false;
 
+	verity_mode = dm_verity_get_mode(ti);
+
+	if ((verity_mode != DM_VERITY_MODE_EIO) &&
+	    (verity_mode != DM_VERITY_MODE_RESTART) &&
+	    (verity_mode != DM_VERITY_MODE_PANIC))
+		return false;
+
 	if (dm_verity_get_root_digest(ti, &root_digest, &digest_size))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 94b6cb599db4..8a00cc42e498 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1446,6 +1446,22 @@ bool dm_is_verity_target(struct dm_target *ti)
 	return ti->type->module == THIS_MODULE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get the verity mode (error behavior) of a verity target.
+ *
+ * Returns the verity mode of the target, or -EINVAL if 'ti' is not a verity
+ * target.
+ */
+int dm_verity_get_mode(struct dm_target *ti)
+{
+	struct dm_verity *v = ti->private;
+
+	if (!dm_is_verity_target(ti))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return v->mode;
+}
+
 /*
  * Get the root digest of a verity target.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity.h b/drivers/md/dm-verity.h
index 45455de1b4bc..98f306ec6a33 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ extern int verity_hash_for_block(struct dm_verity *v, struct dm_verity_io *io,
 				 sector_t block, u8 *digest, bool *is_zero);
 
 extern bool dm_is_verity_target(struct dm_target *ti);
+extern int dm_verity_get_mode(struct dm_target *ti);
 extern int dm_verity_get_root_digest(struct dm_target *ti, u8 **root_digest,
 				     unsigned int *digest_size);