diff --git a/meta-security/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass b/meta-security/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass
index 1c0e29b..16d395b 100644
--- a/meta-security/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass
+++ b/meta-security/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@
 # The resulting image can then be used to implement the device mapper block
 # integrity checking on the target device.
 
+# Define the location where the DM_VERITY_IMAGE specific dm-verity root hash
+# is stored where it can be installed into associated initramfs rootfs.
+STAGING_VERITY_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${MACHINE}/dm-verity"
+
 # Process the output from veritysetup and generate the corresponding .env
 # file. The output from veritysetup is not very machine-friendly so we need to
 # convert it to some better format. Let's drop the first line (doesn't contain
 # any useful info) and feed the rest to a script.
 process_verity() {
-    local ENV="$OUTPUT.env"
+    local ENV="${STAGING_VERITY_DIR}/${IMAGE_BASENAME}.$TYPE.verity.env"
+    install -d ${STAGING_VERITY_DIR}
+    rm -f $ENV
 
     # Each line contains a key and a value string delimited by ':'. Read the
     # two parts into separate variables and process them separately. For the
@@ -32,15 +38,13 @@
     # just trim all white-spaces.
     IFS=":"
     while read KEY VAL; do
-        echo -ne "$KEY" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | sed 's/ /_/g' >> $ENV
-        echo -ne "=" >> $ENV
-        echo "$VAL" | tr -d " \t" >> $ENV
+        printf '%s=%s\n' \
+            "$(echo "$KEY" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | sed 's/ /_/g')" \
+            "$(echo "$VAL" | tr -d ' \t')" >> $ENV
     done
 
     # Add partition size
     echo "DATA_SIZE=$SIZE" >> $ENV
-
-    ln -sf $ENV ${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${MACHINE}.$TYPE.verity.env
 }
 
 verity_setup() {
@@ -68,13 +72,13 @@
     image_fstypes = d.getVar('IMAGE_FSTYPES')
     pn = d.getVar('PN')
 
-    if verity_image != pn:
-        return # This doesn't concern this image
-
     if not verity_image or not verity_type:
         bb.warn('dm-verity-img class inherited but not used')
         return
 
+    if verity_image != pn:
+        return # This doesn't concern this image
+
     if len(verity_type.split()) is not 1:
         bb.fatal('DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE must contain exactly one type')