diff --git a/adb/remount_service.cpp b/adb/remount_service.cpp
index 483ca3d..b150274 100644
--- a/adb/remount_service.cpp
+++ b/adb/remount_service.cpp
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@
     }
 
     bool system_verified = false, vendor_verified = false;
-    property_get("partition.system.verified", prop_buf, "0");
-    if (!strcmp(prop_buf, "1")) {
+    property_get("partition.system.verified", prop_buf, "");
+    if (strlen(prop_buf) > 0) {
         system_verified = true;
     }
 
-    property_get("partition.vendor.verified", prop_buf, "0");
-    if (!strcmp(prop_buf, "1")) {
+    property_get("partition.vendor.verified", prop_buf, "");
+    if (strlen(prop_buf) > 0) {
         vendor_verified = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.c b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.c
index acdc5a3..530df26 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.c
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.c
@@ -594,46 +594,29 @@
     return rc;
 }
 
-static int load_verity_state(struct fstab_rec *fstab, int *mode)
+static int read_verity_state(const char *fname, off64_t offset, int *mode)
 {
     int fd = -1;
     int rc = -1;
-    off64_t offset = 0;
     struct verity_state s;
 
-    if (metadata_find(fstab->verity_loc, VERITY_STATE_TAG, sizeof(s),
-            &offset) < 0) {
-        /* fall back to stateless behavior */
-        *mode = VERITY_MODE_EIO;
-        rc = 0;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (was_verity_restart()) {
-        /* device was restarted after dm-verity detected a corrupted
-         * block, so switch to logging mode */
-        *mode = VERITY_MODE_LOGGING;
-        rc = write_verity_state(fstab->verity_loc, offset, *mode);
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(fstab->verity_loc, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(fname, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
 
     if (fd == -1) {
-        ERROR("Failed to open %s (%s)\n", fstab->verity_loc, strerror(errno));
+        ERROR("Failed to open %s (%s)\n", fname, strerror(errno));
         goto out;
     }
 
     if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(pread64(fd, &s, sizeof(s), offset)) != sizeof(s)) {
         ERROR("Failed to read %zu bytes from %s offset %" PRIu64 " (%s)\n",
-            sizeof(s), fstab->verity_loc, offset, strerror(errno));
+            sizeof(s), fname, offset, strerror(errno));
         goto out;
     }
 
     if (s.header != VERITY_STATE_HEADER) {
         /* space allocated, but no state written. write default state */
         *mode = VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT;
-        rc = write_verity_state(fstab->verity_loc, offset, *mode);
+        rc = write_verity_state(fname, offset, *mode);
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -659,6 +642,27 @@
     return rc;
 }
 
+static int load_verity_state(struct fstab_rec *fstab, int *mode)
+{
+    off64_t offset = 0;
+
+    if (metadata_find(fstab->verity_loc, VERITY_STATE_TAG,
+            sizeof(struct verity_state), &offset) < 0) {
+        /* fall back to stateless behavior */
+        *mode = VERITY_MODE_EIO;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (was_verity_restart()) {
+        /* device was restarted after dm-verity detected a corrupted
+         * block, so switch to logging mode */
+        *mode = VERITY_MODE_LOGGING;
+        return write_verity_state(fstab->verity_loc, offset, *mode);
+    }
+
+    return read_verity_state(fstab->verity_loc, offset, mode);
+}
+
 int fs_mgr_load_verity_state(int *mode)
 {
     char fstab_filename[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX + sizeof(FSTAB_PREFIX)];
@@ -717,6 +721,7 @@
     char *status;
     int fd = -1;
     int i;
+    int mode;
     int rc = -1;
     off64_t offset = 0;
     struct dm_ioctl *io = (struct dm_ioctl *) buffer;
@@ -749,32 +754,33 @@
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (read_verity_state(fstab->recs[i].verity_loc, offset, &mode) < 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         mount_point = basename(fstab->recs[i].mount_point);
         verity_ioctl_init(io, mount_point, 0);
 
         if (ioctl(fd, DM_TABLE_STATUS, io)) {
             ERROR("Failed to query DM_TABLE_STATUS for %s (%s)\n", mount_point,
                 strerror(errno));
-            goto out;
+            continue;
         }
 
         status = &buffer[io->data_start + sizeof(struct dm_target_spec)];
 
         if (*status == 'C') {
-            rc = write_verity_state(fstab->recs[i].verity_loc, offset,
-                    VERITY_MODE_LOGGING);
-
-            if (rc == -1) {
-                goto out;
+            if (write_verity_state(fstab->recs[i].verity_loc, offset,
+                    VERITY_MODE_LOGGING) < 0) {
+                continue;
             }
         }
 
         if (callback) {
-            callback(&fstab->recs[i], mount_point, *status);
+            callback(&fstab->recs[i], mount_point, mode, *status);
         }
     }
 
-    /* Don't overwrite possible previous state if there's no corruption. */
     rc = 0;
 
 out:
diff --git a/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr.h b/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr.h
index ad8a8fc..3286948 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 // Callback function for verity status
 typedef void (*fs_mgr_verity_state_callback)(struct fstab_rec *fstab,
-        const char *mount_point, int status);
+        const char *mount_point, int mode, int status);
 
 struct fstab *fs_mgr_read_fstab(const char *fstab_path);
 void fs_mgr_free_fstab(struct fstab *fstab);
diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index 6daea37..aa5c649 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -680,8 +680,9 @@
     return rc;
 }
 
-static void verity_update_property(fstab_rec *fstab, const char *mount_point, int status) {
-    property_set(android::base::StringPrintf("partition.%s.verified", mount_point).c_str(), "1");
+static void verity_update_property(fstab_rec *fstab, const char *mount_point, int mode, int status) {
+    property_set(android::base::StringPrintf("partition.%s.verified", mount_point).c_str(),
+                 android::base::StringPrintf("%d", mode).c_str());
 }
 
 int do_verity_update_state(int nargs, char** args) {