diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index af3a5d7..a8724bb 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -1232,65 +1232,85 @@ static int lfs_dir_commitattr(lfs_t *lfs, struct lfs_commit *commit,
 
 static int lfs_dir_commitcrc(lfs_t *lfs, struct lfs_commit *commit) {
     // align to program units
-    lfs_off_t off = lfs_alignup(commit->off + 2*sizeof(uint32_t),
+    const lfs_off_t off1 = commit->off + sizeof(lfs_tag_t);
+    const lfs_off_t end = lfs_alignup(off1 + sizeof(uint32_t),
             lfs->cfg->prog_size);
 
-    // read erased state from next program unit
-    lfs_tag_t tag;
-    int err = lfs_bd_read(lfs,
-            NULL, &lfs->rcache, sizeof(tag),
-            commit->block, off, &tag, sizeof(tag));
-    if (err && err != LFS_ERR_CORRUPT) {
-        return err;
-    }
+    // create crc tags to fill up remainder of commit, note that
+    // padding is not crcd, which lets fetches skip padding but
+    // makes committing a bit more complicated
+    while (commit->off < end) {
+        lfs_off_t off = commit->off + sizeof(lfs_tag_t);
+        lfs_off_t noff = lfs_min(end - off, 0x3fe) + off;
+        if (noff < end) {
+            noff = lfs_min(noff, end - 2*sizeof(uint32_t));
+        }
 
-    // build crc tag
-    bool reset = ~lfs_frombe32(tag) >> 31;
-    tag = LFS_MKTAG(LFS_TYPE_CRC + reset, 0x3ff,
-            lfs_min(off - (commit->off+sizeof(lfs_tag_t)), 0x3fe));
+        // read erased state from next program unit
+        lfs_tag_t tag = 0xffffffff;
+        int err = lfs_bd_read(lfs,
+                NULL, &lfs->rcache, sizeof(tag),
+                commit->block, noff, &tag, sizeof(tag));
+        if (err && err != LFS_ERR_CORRUPT) {
+            return err;
+        }
 
-    // write out crc
-    uint32_t footer[2];
-    footer[0] = lfs_tobe32(tag ^ commit->ptag);
-    commit->crc = lfs_crc(commit->crc, &footer[0], sizeof(footer[0]));
-    footer[1] = lfs_tole32(commit->crc);
-    err = lfs_bd_prog(lfs,
-            &lfs->pcache, &lfs->rcache, false,
-            commit->block, commit->off, &footer, sizeof(footer));
-    if (err) {
-        return err;
-    }
-    commit->off += sizeof(tag)+lfs_tag_size(tag);
-    commit->ptag = tag ^ (reset << 31);
+        // build crc tag
+        bool reset = ~lfs_frombe32(tag) >> 31;
+        tag = LFS_MKTAG(LFS_TYPE_CRC + reset, 0x3ff, noff - off);
 
-    // flush buffers
-    err = lfs_bd_sync(lfs, &lfs->pcache, &lfs->rcache, false);
-    if (err) {
-        return err;
-    }
-
-    // successful commit, check checksum to make sure
-    uint32_t crc = 0xffffffff;
-    lfs_size_t size = commit->off - lfs_tag_size(tag) - commit->begin;
-    for (lfs_off_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        // leave it up to caching to make this efficient
-        uint8_t dat;
-        err = lfs_bd_read(lfs,
-                NULL, &lfs->rcache, size-i,
-                commit->block, commit->begin+i, &dat, 1);
+        // write out crc
+        uint32_t footer[2];
+        footer[0] = lfs_tobe32(tag ^ commit->ptag);
+        commit->crc = lfs_crc(commit->crc, &footer[0], sizeof(footer[0]));
+        footer[1] = lfs_tole32(commit->crc);
+        err = lfs_bd_prog(lfs,
+                &lfs->pcache, &lfs->rcache, false,
+                commit->block, commit->off, &footer, sizeof(footer));
         if (err) {
             return err;
         }
 
-        crc = lfs_crc(crc, &dat, 1);
+        commit->off += sizeof(tag)+lfs_tag_size(tag);
+        commit->ptag = tag ^ (reset << 31);
+        commit->crc = 0xffffffff; // reset crc for next "commit"
     }
 
+    // flush buffers
+    int err = lfs_bd_sync(lfs, &lfs->pcache, &lfs->rcache, false);
     if (err) {
         return err;
     }
 
-    if (crc != commit->crc) {
-        return LFS_ERR_CORRUPT;
+    // successful commit, check checksums to make sure
+    lfs_off_t off = commit->begin;
+    lfs_off_t noff = off1;
+    while (off < end) {
+        uint32_t crc = 0xffffffff;
+        for (lfs_off_t i = off; i < noff+sizeof(uint32_t); i++) {
+            // leave it up to caching to make this efficient
+            uint8_t dat;
+            err = lfs_bd_read(lfs,
+                    NULL, &lfs->rcache, noff+sizeof(uint32_t)-i,
+                    commit->block, i, &dat, 1);
+            if (err) {
+                return err;
+            }
+
+            crc = lfs_crc(crc, &dat, 1);
+        }
+
+        // detected write error?
+        if (crc != 0) {
+            return LFS_ERR_CORRUPT;
+        }
+
+        // skip padding
+        off = lfs_min(end - noff, 0x3fe) + noff;
+        if (off < end) {
+            off = lfs_min(off, end - 2*sizeof(uint32_t));
+        }
+        noff = off + sizeof(uint32_t);
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -1583,11 +1603,11 @@ static int lfs_dir_compact(lfs_t *lfs,
             }
 
             // successful compaction, swap dir pair to indicate most recent
+            LFS_ASSERT(commit.off % lfs->cfg->prog_size == 0);
             lfs_pair_swap(dir->pair);
             dir->count = end - begin;
             dir->off = commit.off;
             dir->etag = commit.ptag;
-            dir->erased = (dir->off % lfs->cfg->prog_size == 0);
             // note we able to have already handled move here
             if (lfs_gstate_hasmovehere(&lfs->gpending, dir->pair)) {
                 lfs_gstate_xormove(&lfs->gpending,
@@ -1758,10 +1778,9 @@ static int lfs_dir_commit(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_mdir_t *dir,
         }
 
         // successful commit, update dir
+        LFS_ASSERT(commit.off % lfs->cfg->prog_size == 0);
         dir->off = commit.off;
         dir->etag = commit.ptag;
-        // workaround to handle prog_size >1024
-        dir->erased = (dir->off % lfs->cfg->prog_size == 0);
 
         // note we able to have already handled move here
         if (lfs_gstate_hasmovehere(&lfs->gpending, dir->pair)) {