diff --git a/fs/verity/Kconfig b/fs/verity/Kconfig
index 88fb25119899..24d1b54de807 100644
--- a/fs/verity/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/verity/Kconfig
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 config FS_VERITY
 	bool "FS Verity (read-only file-based authenticity protection)"
 	select CRYPTO
-	# SHA-256 is selected as it's intended to be the default hash algorithm.
+	# SHA-256 is implied as it's intended to be the default hash algorithm.
 	# To avoid bloat, other wanted algorithms must be selected explicitly.
-	select CRYPTO_SHA256
+	# Note that CRYPTO_SHA256 denotes the generic C implementation, but
+	# some architectures provided optimized implementations of the same
+	# algorithm that may be used instead. In this case, CRYPTO_SHA256 may
+	# be omitted even if SHA-256 is being used.
+	imply CRYPTO_SHA256
 	help
 	  This option enables fs-verity.  fs-verity is the dm-verity
 	  mechanism implemented at the file level.  On supported