diff --git a/common/bloblist.c b/common/bloblist.c
index 88e2a0f5c0..705d9c6ae9 100644
--- a/common/bloblist.c
+++ b/common/bloblist.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
 #include <spl.h>
+#include <tables_csum.h>
 #include <asm/global_data.h>
 #include <u-boot/crc.h>
 
@@ -318,16 +319,10 @@ int bloblist_resize(uint tag, int new_size)
 
 static u32 bloblist_calc_chksum(struct bloblist_hdr *hdr)
 {
-	struct bloblist_rec *rec;
-	u32 chksum;
+	u8 chksum;
 
-	chksum = crc32(0, (unsigned char *)hdr,
-		       offsetof(struct bloblist_hdr, chksum));
-	foreach_rec(rec, hdr) {
-		chksum = crc32(chksum, (void *)rec, rec_hdr_size(rec));
-		chksum = crc32(chksum, (void *)rec + rec_hdr_size(rec),
-			       rec->size);
-	}
+	chksum = table_compute_checksum(hdr, hdr->alloced);
+	chksum += hdr->chksum;
 
 	return chksum;
 }
diff --git a/include/bloblist.h b/include/bloblist.h
index 68f97395b7..d2dcad69a1 100644
--- a/include/bloblist.h
+++ b/include/bloblist.h
@@ -174,11 +174,10 @@ enum bloblist_tag_t {
  *	sizeof(bloblist_hdr) since we need at least that much space to store a
  *	valid bloblist
  * @spare: Spare space (for future use)
- * @chksum: CRC32 for the entire bloblist allocated area. Since any of the
+ * @chksum: checksum for the entire bloblist allocated area. Since any of the
  *	blobs can be altered after being created, this checksum is only valid
  *	when the bloblist is finalised before jumping to the next stage of boot.
- *	Note that chksum is last to make it easier to exclude it from the
- *	checksum calculation.
+ *	This is the value needed to make all checksummed bytes sum to 0
  */
 struct bloblist_hdr {
 	u32 magic;
diff --git a/test/bloblist.c b/test/bloblist.c
index 8b435e27ca..49ac4b92ae 100644
--- a/test/bloblist.c
+++ b/test/bloblist.c
@@ -237,12 +237,18 @@ static int bloblist_test_checksum(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 	*data2 -= 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Changing data outside the range of valid data should not affect
-	 * the checksum.
+	 * Changing data outside the range of valid data should affect the
+	 * checksum.
 	 */
 	ut_assertok(bloblist_check(TEST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE));
 	data[TEST_SIZE]++;
+	ut_asserteq(-EIO, bloblist_check(TEST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE));
+	data[TEST_SIZE]--;
+	ut_assertok(bloblist_check(TEST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE));
+
 	data2[TEST_SIZE2]++;
+	ut_asserteq(-EIO, bloblist_check(TEST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE));
+	data[TEST_SIZE]--;
 	ut_assertok(bloblist_check(TEST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE));
 
 	return 0;