diff --git a/fs/btrfs/verity.c b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
index 4e0ab5842274..c572acacb4d4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/verity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
@@ -779,11 +779,15 @@ static struct page *btrfs_read_merkle_tree_page(struct inode *inode,
  * @buf:	Merkle tree block to write
  * @pos:	the position of the block in the Merkle tree (in bytes)
  * @size:	the Merkle tree block size (in bytes)
+ * @zero_digest:	the hash of the all-zeroes block
+ * @digest_size:	size of zero_digest, in bytes
  *
  * Returns 0 on success or negative error code on failure
  */
 static int btrfs_write_merkle_tree_block(struct file *file, const void *buf,
-					 u64 pos, unsigned int size)
+					 u64 pos, unsigned int size,
+					 const u8 *zero_digest,
+					 unsigned int digest_size)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	loff_t merkle_pos = merkle_file_pos(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/verity.c b/fs/ext4/verity.c
index ca61da53f313..347945ac23a4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/verity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/verity.c
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ static void ext4_readahead_merkle_tree(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 }
 
 static int ext4_write_merkle_tree_block(struct file *file, const void *buf,
-					u64 pos, unsigned int size)
+					u64 pos, unsigned int size,
+					const u8 *zero_digest,
+					unsigned int digest_size)
 {
 	pos += ext4_verity_metadata_pos(file_inode(file));
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/verity.c b/fs/f2fs/verity.c
index 39f482515445..cc4158fc841d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/verity.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/verity.c
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ static void f2fs_readahead_merkle_tree(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 }
 
 static int f2fs_write_merkle_tree_block(struct file *file, const void *buf,
-					u64 pos, unsigned int size)
+					u64 pos, unsigned int size,
+					const u8 *zero_digest,
+					unsigned int digest_size)
 {
 	pos += f2fs_verity_metadata_pos(file_inode(file));
 
diff --git a/fs/verity/enable.c b/fs/verity/enable.c
index 42dfed1ce0ce..ad4ff71d7dd9 100644
--- a/fs/verity/enable.c
+++ b/fs/verity/enable.c
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ static int write_merkle_tree_block(struct file *file, const u8 *buf,
 	int err;
 
 	err = inode->i_sb->s_vop->write_merkle_tree_block(file, buf, pos,
-							  params->block_size);
+							  params->block_size,
+							  params->zero_digest,
+							  params->digest_size);
 	if (err)
 		fsverity_err(inode, "Error %d writing Merkle tree block %lu",
 			     err, index);
diff --git a/include/linux/fsverity.h b/include/linux/fsverity.h
index 3c3250f6f272..9e7d946676b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsverity.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsverity.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ struct fsverity_operations {
 	 * @buf: the Merkle tree block to write
 	 * @pos: the position of the block in the Merkle tree (in bytes)
 	 * @size: the Merkle tree block size (in bytes)
+	 * @zero_digest: the hash of the all-zeroes block
+	 * @digest_size: size of zero_digest, in bytes
 	 *
 	 * This is only called between ->begin_enable_verity() and
 	 * ->end_enable_verity().
@@ -131,7 +133,9 @@ struct fsverity_operations {
 	 * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
 	 */
 	int (*write_merkle_tree_block)(struct file *file, const void *buf,
-				       u64 pos, unsigned int size);
+				       u64 pos, unsigned int size,
+				       const u8 *zero_digest,
+				       unsigned int digest_size);
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_VERITY