diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index fc65f0dedf7f..f4c31ffaa88e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,15 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		v->tfm = NULL;
 		goto bad;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * dm-verity performance can vary greatly depending on which hash
+	 * algorithm implementation is used.  Help people debug performance
+	 * problems by logging the ->cra_driver_name.
+	 */
+	DMINFO("%s using implementation \"%s\"", v->alg_name,
+	       crypto_hash_alg_common(v->tfm)->base.cra_driver_name);
+
 	v->digest_size = crypto_ahash_digestsize(v->tfm);
 	if ((1 << v->hash_dev_block_bits) < v->digest_size * 2) {
 		ti->error = "Digest size too big";