diff --git a/src/keystore.c b/src/keystore.c
index d2b4fa171..66fe60af6 100644
--- a/src/keystore.c
+++ b/src/keystore.c
@@ -192,39 +192,6 @@ static keystore_error_t _get_and_decrypt_seed(
     return KEYSTORE_OK;
 }
 
-static bool _verify_seed(
-    const uint8_t* encryption_key,
-    const uint8_t* expected_seed,
-    size_t expected_seed_len)
-{
-    uint8_t encrypted_seed_and_hmac[96];
-    UTIL_CLEANUP_32(encrypted_seed_and_hmac);
-    uint8_t encrypted_len;
-    if (!memory_get_encrypted_seed_and_hmac(encrypted_seed_and_hmac, &encrypted_len)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (encrypted_len < 49) {
-        Abort("_verify_seed: underflow / zero size");
-    }
-    size_t decrypted_len = encrypted_len - 48;
-    uint8_t decrypted[decrypted_len];
-    bool password_correct = cipher_aes_hmac_decrypt(
-        encrypted_seed_and_hmac, encrypted_len, decrypted, &decrypted_len, encryption_key);
-    if (!password_correct) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (expected_seed_len != decrypted_len) {
-        util_zero(decrypted, sizeof(decrypted));
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (!MEMEQ(expected_seed, decrypted, expected_seed_len)) {
-        util_zero(decrypted, sizeof(decrypted));
-        return false;
-    }
-    util_zero(decrypted, sizeof(decrypted));
-    return true;
-}
-
 static keystore_error_t _hash_seed(const uint8_t* seed, size_t seed_len, uint8_t* out)
 {
     uint8_t salted_key[32] = {0};
@@ -362,7 +329,9 @@ keystore_error_t keystore_encrypt_and_store_seed(
     if (!memory_set_encrypted_seed_and_hmac(encrypted_seed, encrypted_seed_len_u8)) {
         return KEYSTORE_ERR_MEMORY;
     }
-    if (!_verify_seed(secret, seed, seed_length)) {
+    if (!rust_keystore_verify_seed(
+            rust_util_bytes(secret, sizeof(secret)),
+            rust_util_bytes(seed, seed_length))) {
         if (!memory_reset_hww()) {
             return KEYSTORE_ERR_MEMORY;
         }
diff --git a/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/Cargo.toml b/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/Cargo.toml
index 7e312b71a..9e60548fa 100644
--- a/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ erc20_params = { path = "../erc20_params", optional = true }
 binascii = { version = "0.1.4", default-features = false, features = ["encode"] }
 bitbox02-noise = {path = "../bitbox02-noise"}
 streaming-silent-payments = { path = "../streaming-silent-payments", optional = true }
+bitbox-aes = { path = "../bitbox-aes" }
 hex = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
 sha3 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -65,9 +66,6 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 default-features = false
 features = ["derive"]
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-bitbox-aes = { path = "../bitbox-aes" }
-
 [features]
 ed25519 = [
   "dep:bip32-ed25519",
diff --git a/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/src/keystore.rs b/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/src/keystore.rs
index 2b68e5589..3dbf55b5e 100644
--- a/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/src/keystore.rs
+++ b/src/rust/bitbox02-rust/src/keystore.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,23 @@ pub fn is_locked() -> bool {
     keystore::_is_locked()
 }
 
+fn verify_seed(encryption_key: &[u8], expected_seed: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    if encryption_key.len() != 32 {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    let cipher = match bitbox02::memory::get_encrypted_seed_and_hmac() {
+        Ok(cipher) => cipher,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+    let decrypted = match bitbox_aes::decrypt_with_hmac(encryption_key, &cipher) {
+        Ok(decrypted) => decrypted,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+
+    decrypted.as_slice() == expected_seed
+}
+
 pub fn unlock(password: &str) -> Result<zeroize::Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>, Error> {
     keystore::_unlock(password)
 }
@@ -291,6 +308,14 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn rust_keystore_stretch_retained_seed_encryption_key(
     }
 }
 
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn rust_keystore_verify_seed(
+    encryption_key: util::bytes::Bytes,
+    expected_seed: util::bytes::Bytes,
+) -> bool {
+    verify_seed(encryption_key.as_ref(), expected_seed.as_ref())
+}
+
 fn bip85_entropy(keypath: &[u32]) -> Result<zeroize::Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>, ()> {
     let priv_key = secp256k1_get_private_key_twice(keypath)?;
 
diff --git a/src/rust/bitbox02/src/memory.rs b/src/rust/bitbox02/src/memory.rs
index ff52f6839..0a9232be5 100644
--- a/src/rust/bitbox02/src/memory.rs
+++ b/src/rust/bitbox02/src/memory.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ pub fn get_attestation_pubkey_and_certificate(
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "testing")]
 pub fn get_encrypted_seed_and_hmac() -> Result<alloc::vec::Vec<u8>, ()> {
     let mut out = vec![0u8; 96];
     let mut len = 0u8;