diff --git a/embassy-boot/boot/src/lib.rs b/embassy-boot/boot/src/lib.rs
index b18c88a6b..51e1056cf 100644
--- a/embassy-boot/boot/src/lib.rs
+++ b/embassy-boot/boot/src/lib.rs
@@ -587,22 +587,13 @@ impl FirmwareUpdater {
     ) -> Result<(), F::Error> {
         flash.read(self.state.from as u32, aligned).await?;
 
-        let mut is_set = true;
-        for b in 0..aligned.len() {
-            if aligned[b] != magic {
-                is_set = false;
-            }
-        }
-        if !is_set {
-            for i in 0..aligned.len() {
-                aligned[i] = 0;
-            }
+        if aligned.iter().find(|&&b| b != magic).is_some() {
+            aligned.fill(0);
+
             flash.write(self.state.from as u32, aligned).await?;
             flash.erase(self.state.from as u32, self.state.to as u32).await?;
 
-            for i in 0..aligned.len() {
-                aligned[i] = magic;
-            }
+            aligned.fill(magic);
             flash.write(self.state.from as u32, aligned).await?;
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/embassy-boot/stm32/Cargo.toml b/embassy-boot/stm32/Cargo.toml
index 1b6eeef93..13ae54b31 100644
--- a/embassy-boot/stm32/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-boot/stm32/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ description = "Bootloader lib for STM32 chips"
 [dependencies]
 defmt = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 defmt-rtt = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
+log = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 
 embassy = { path = "../../embassy", default-features = false }
 embassy-stm32 = { path = "../../embassy-stm32", default-features = false, features = ["nightly"] }
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ defmt = [
     "embassy-boot/defmt",
     "embassy-stm32/defmt",
 ]
+log = [
+    "dep:log",
+    "embassy-boot/log",
+    "embassy-stm32/log",
+]
 debug = ["defmt-rtt"]
 
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