diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/Digester.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/Digester.java
index 7c8e51a10d..6ff2134e16 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/Digester.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/Digester.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class Digester {
     public byte[] digest(byte[] value) {
         synchronized (messageDigest) {
             for (int i = 0; i < (iterations - 1); i++) {
-                invokeDigest(value);
+                value = invokeDigest(value);
             }
             return messageDigest.digest(value);
         }
diff --git a/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/DigesterTests.java b/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/DigesterTests.java
index bf4b775f1b..839466261c 100644
--- a/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/DigesterTests.java
+++ b/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/util/DigesterTests.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package org.springframework.security.crypto.util;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class DigesterTests {
@@ -16,4 +19,15 @@ public class DigesterTests {
         assertFalse(new String(result).equals("text"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void multiPassDigest() throws Exception {
+        MessageDigest d = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1","SUN");
+        d.reset();
+        byte[] value = "text".getBytes("UTF-8");
+        byte[] singlePass = d.digest(value);
+        byte[] multiPass = digester.digest(value);
+        assertFalse(Arrays.toString(singlePass) + " should not be equal to "
+                + Arrays.toString(multiPass),
+                Arrays.equals(singlePass, multiPass));
+    }
 }