diff --git a/src/Node_verify.cpp b/src/Node_verify.cpp
index 0d491d08e..fab6cf8c4 100644
--- a/src/Node_verify.cpp
+++ b/src/Node_verify.cpp
@@ -317,10 +317,24 @@ void Node::verify_vdf(std::shared_ptr<const ProofOfTime> proof, const uint32_t c
 			max_iters = std::max(max_iters, segments[i].num_iters);
 		}
 		if(have_sha_ni) {
-			for(uint32_t j = 0; j < num_lanes; ++j)
+			for(uint32_t j = 0; j < num_lanes; j += 2)
 			{
 				const uint32_t i = chunk * batch_size + j;
-				recursive_sha256_ni(point[j].data(), segments[i].num_iters);
+				const uint32_t k = (j + 1 < num_lanes) ? 1 : 0;
+				const auto num_iters_0 = segments[i].num_iters;
+				const auto num_iters_1 = segments[i + k].num_iters;
+				const auto max_iters = std::max(num_iters_0, num_iters_1);
+				const auto min_iters = std::min(num_iters_0, num_iters_1);
+				uint8_t hashx2[32 * 2];
+
+				::memcpy(hashx2, point[j].data(), 32);
+				::memcpy(hashx2 + 32, point[j + k].data(), 32);
+				recursive_sha256_ni_x2(hashx2, min_iters);
+				if(num_iters_0 != num_iters_1) {
+					recursive_sha256_ni(hashx2 + ((num_iters_0 > num_iters_1) ? 0 : 32), max_iters - min_iters);
+				}
+				::memcpy(point[j].data(), hashx2, 32);
+				::memcpy(point[j + k].data(), hashx2 + 32, 32);
 			}
 		} else {
 			for(uint32_t k = 0; k < max_iters; ++k)