diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 246593cd8fd25c946f38ebd63558b9478894787f..f4221c4e8d3d253579f20e1fe02e173f1884d942 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -887,6 +887,25 @@ static int verity_alloc_zero_digest(struct dm_verity *v)
 	return r;
 }
 
+static inline bool verity_is_verity_mode(const char *arg_name)
+{
+	return (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_LOGGING) ||
+		!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_RESTART));
+}
+
+static int verity_parse_verity_mode(struct dm_verity *v, const char *arg_name)
+{
+	if (v->mode)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_LOGGING))
+		v->mode = DM_VERITY_MODE_LOGGING;
+	else if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_RESTART))
+		v->mode = DM_VERITY_MODE_RESTART;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int verity_parse_opt_args(struct dm_arg_set *as, struct dm_verity *v,
 				 struct dm_verity_sig_opts *verify_args)
 {
@@ -910,12 +929,12 @@ static int verity_parse_opt_args(struct dm_arg_set *as, struct dm_verity *v,
 		arg_name = dm_shift_arg(as);
 		argc--;
 
-		if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_LOGGING)) {
-			v->mode = DM_VERITY_MODE_LOGGING;
-			continue;
-
-		} else if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_RESTART)) {
-			v->mode = DM_VERITY_MODE_RESTART;
+		if (verity_is_verity_mode(arg_name)) {
+			r = verity_parse_verity_mode(v, arg_name);
+			if (r) {
+				ti->error = "Conflicting error handling parameters";
+				return r;
+			}
 			continue;
 
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, DM_VERITY_OPT_IGN_ZEROES)) {