diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/cryptocb.c b/wolfcrypt/src/cryptocb.c
index 781af62a3..533380954 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/cryptocb.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/cryptocb.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ int wc_CryptoCb_Sha384Hash(wc_Sha384* sha384, const byte* in,
 
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA512
 int wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(wc_Sha512* sha512, const byte* in,
-    word32 inSz, byte* digest)
+    word32 inSz, byte* digest, size_t digestSz)
 {
     int ret = WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE);
     CryptoCb* dev;
@@ -1738,16 +1738,43 @@ int wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(wc_Sha512* sha512, const byte* in,
     }
 
     if (dev && dev->cb) {
+        byte localHash[WC_SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE];
         wc_CryptoInfo cryptoInfo;
         XMEMSET(&cryptoInfo, 0, sizeof(cryptoInfo));
         cryptoInfo.algo_type = WC_ALGO_TYPE_HASH;
-        cryptoInfo.hash.type = WC_HASH_TYPE_SHA512;
         cryptoInfo.hash.sha512 = sha512;
         cryptoInfo.hash.in = in;
         cryptoInfo.hash.inSz = inSz;
         cryptoInfo.hash.digest = digest;
 
+        /* try the specific family callbacks first */
+#if !defined(WOLFSSL_NOSHA512_224)
+        if (digest != NULL && digestSz == WC_SHA512_224_DIGEST_SIZE) {
+          cryptoInfo.hash.type = WC_HASH_TYPE_SHA512_224;
+          ret = dev->cb(dev->devId, &cryptoInfo, dev->ctx);
+          ret = wc_CryptoCb_TranslateErrorCode(ret);
+          if (ret != CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE)
+            return ret;
+        }
+#endif
+#if !defined(WOLFSSL_NOSHA512_256)
+        if (digest != NULL && digestSz == WC_SHA512_256_DIGEST_SIZE) {
+          cryptoInfo.hash.type = WC_HASH_TYPE_SHA512_256;
+          ret = dev->cb(dev->devId, &cryptoInfo, dev->ctx);
+          ret = wc_CryptoCb_TranslateErrorCode(ret);
+          if (ret != CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE)
+            return ret;
+        }
+#endif
+        cryptoInfo.hash.type = WC_HASH_TYPE_SHA512;
+        /* use local buffer if not full size */
+        if (digest != NULL && digestSz != WC_SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE)
+            cryptoInfo.hash.digest = localHash;
         ret = dev->cb(dev->devId, &cryptoInfo, dev->ctx);
+        ret = wc_CryptoCb_TranslateErrorCode(ret);
+        if (ret == 0 && digest != NULL && digestSz != WC_SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE)
+            XMEMCPY(digest, localHash, digestSz);
+        return ret;
     }
 
     return wc_CryptoCb_TranslateErrorCode(ret);
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/port/arm/armv8-sha512.c b/wolfcrypt/src/port/arm/armv8-sha512.c
index 57020f01c..1e88016da 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/port/arm/armv8-sha512.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/port/arm/armv8-sha512.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ int wc_Sha512Update(wc_Sha512* sha512, const byte* data, word32 len)
     if (sha512->devId != INVALID_DEVID)
     #endif
     {
-        int ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, data, len, NULL);
+        int ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, data, len, NULL, 0);
         if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE))
             return ret;
         /* fall-through when unavailable */
@@ -675,10 +675,8 @@ static int Sha512_Family_Final(wc_Sha512* sha512, byte* hash,
     if (sha512->devId != INVALID_DEVID)
     #endif
     {
-        byte localHash[WC_SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE];
-        ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, NULL, 0, localHash);
+        ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, NULL, 0, hash, digestSz);
         if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE)) {
-            XMEMCPY(hash, localHash, digestSz);
             return ret;
         }
         /* fall-through when unavailable */
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/sha512.c b/wolfcrypt/src/sha512.c
index 0454ab62f..9cdb2ae70 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/sha512.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/sha512.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ int wc_Sha512Update(wc_Sha512* sha512, const byte* data, word32 len)
     if (sha512->devId != INVALID_DEVID)
     #endif
     {
-        int ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, data, len, NULL);
+        int ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, data, len, NULL, 0);
         if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE))
             return ret;
         /* fall-through when unavailable */
@@ -1429,10 +1429,8 @@ static int Sha512_Family_Final(wc_Sha512* sha512, byte* hash, size_t digestSz,
     if (sha512->devId != INVALID_DEVID)
     #endif
     {
-        byte localHash[WC_SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE];
-        ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, NULL, 0, localHash);
+        ret = wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(sha512, NULL, 0, hash, digestSz);
         if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE)) {
-            XMEMCPY(hash, localHash, digestSz);
             return ret;
         }
         /* fall-through when unavailable */
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/cryptocb.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/cryptocb.h
index 35b6f715c..05543eadc 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/cryptocb.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/cryptocb.h
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL int wc_CryptoCb_Sha384Hash(wc_Sha384* sha384, const byte* in,
 #endif
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA512
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL int wc_CryptoCb_Sha512Hash(wc_Sha512* sha512, const byte* in,
-    word32 inSz, byte* digest);
+    word32 inSz, byte* digest, size_t digestSz);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA3