diff --git a/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c b/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c
index ee45a3f13..7da754ddc 100644
--- a/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c
@@ -534,13 +534,32 @@ bdev_malloc_get_memory_domains(void *ctx, struct spdk_memory_domain **domains, i
 	return num_domains;
 }
 
+static bool
+bdev_malloc_accel_sequence_supported(void *ctx, enum spdk_bdev_io_type type)
+{
+	struct malloc_disk *malloc_disk = ctx;
+
+	if (malloc_disk->disk.dif_type != SPDK_DIF_DISABLE) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_READ:
+	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE:
+		return true;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 static const struct spdk_bdev_fn_table malloc_fn_table = {
-	.destruct		= bdev_malloc_destruct,
-	.submit_request		= bdev_malloc_submit_request,
-	.io_type_supported	= bdev_malloc_io_type_supported,
-	.get_io_channel		= bdev_malloc_get_io_channel,
-	.write_config_json	= bdev_malloc_write_json_config,
-	.get_memory_domains	= bdev_malloc_get_memory_domains,
+	.destruct			= bdev_malloc_destruct,
+	.submit_request			= bdev_malloc_submit_request,
+	.io_type_supported		= bdev_malloc_io_type_supported,
+	.get_io_channel			= bdev_malloc_get_io_channel,
+	.write_config_json		= bdev_malloc_write_json_config,
+	.get_memory_domains		= bdev_malloc_get_memory_domains,
+	.accel_sequence_supported	= bdev_malloc_accel_sequence_supported,
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/test/bdev/chaining.sh b/test/bdev/chaining.sh
index 4fe02ff8a..990faf1cf 100755
--- a/test/bdev/chaining.sh
+++ b/test/bdev/chaining.sh
@@ -79,38 +79,39 @@ update_stats
 # Write a single 64K request and check the stats
 dd if=/dev/urandom of="$input" bs=1K count=64
 spdk_dd --if "$input" --ob Nvme0n1 --bs $((64 * 1024)) --count 1
-(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 2))
+(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 1))
 (($(get_stat executed encrypt) == stats[encrypt_executed] + 2))
 (($(get_stat executed decrypt) == stats[decrypt_executed]))
-# There's still one copy performed by the malloc bdev
-(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed] + 1))
+# No copies should be done - the copy from the malloc should translate to changing encrypt's
+# destination buffer
+(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed]))
 update_stats
 
 # Now read that 64K, verify the stats and check that it matches what was written
 spdk_dd --of "$output" --ib Nvme0n1 --bs $((64 * 1024)) --count 1
-(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 2))
+(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 1))
 (($(get_stat executed encrypt) == stats[encrypt_executed]))
 (($(get_stat executed decrypt) == stats[decrypt_executed] + 2))
-(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed] + 1))
+(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed]))
 cmp "$input" "$output"
 spdk_dd --if /dev/zero --ob Nvme0n1 --bs $((64 * 1024)) --count 1
 update_stats
 
 # Now do the same using 4K requests
 spdk_dd --if "$input" --ob Nvme0n1 --bs 4096 --count 16
-(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 32))
+(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 16))
 (($(get_stat executed encrypt) == stats[encrypt_executed] + 32))
 (($(get_stat executed decrypt) == stats[decrypt_executed]))
-(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed] + 16))
+(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed]))
 update_stats
 
 # Check the reads
 : > "$output"
 spdk_dd --of "$output" --ib Nvme0n1 --bs 4096 --count 16
-(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 32))
+(($(get_stat sequence_executed) == stats[sequence_executed] + 16))
 (($(get_stat executed encrypt) == stats[encrypt_executed]))
 (($(get_stat executed decrypt) == stats[decrypt_executed] + 32))
-(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed] + 16))
+(($(get_stat executed copy) == stats[copy_executed]))
 cmp "$input" "$output"
 
 trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT