diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/wireguard/crypto/KeyEncoding.java b/app/src/main/java/com/wireguard/crypto/KeyEncoding.java
index ec86da37..1f32cc52 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/wireguard/crypto/KeyEncoding.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/wireguard/crypto/KeyEncoding.java
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ public final class KeyEncoding {
         final byte[] key = new byte[KEY_LENGTH];
         if (input.length != KEY_LENGTH_BASE64 || input[KEY_LENGTH_BASE64 - 1] != '=')
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_BASE64_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
-        int i;
+        int i, ret = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < KEY_LENGTH / 3; ++i) {
             final int val = decodeBase64(input, i * 4);
-            if (val < 0)
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_BASE64_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
+            ret |= val >>> 31;
             key[i * 3] = (byte) ((val >>> 16) & 0xff);
             key[i * 3 + 1] = (byte) ((val >>> 8) & 0xff);
             key[i * 3 + 2] = (byte) (val & 0xff);
@@ -78,10 +77,12 @@ public final class KeyEncoding {
                 'A',
         };
         final int val = decodeBase64(endSegment, 0);
-        if (val < 0 || (val & 0xff) != 0)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_BASE64_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
+        ret |= (val >>> 31) | (val & 0xff);
         key[i * 3] = (byte) ((val >>> 16) & 0xff);
         key[i * 3 + 1] = (byte) ((val >>> 8) & 0xff);
+
+        if (ret != 0)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_BASE64_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
         return key;
     }
 
@@ -90,25 +91,31 @@ public final class KeyEncoding {
         final byte[] key = new byte[KEY_LENGTH];
         if (input.length != KEY_LENGTH_HEX)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_HEX_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
+        int ret = 0;
 
-        int c_acc = 0;
-        int state = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < KEY_LENGTH_HEX; i += 2) {
+            int c, c_num, c_num0, c_alpha, c_alpha0, c_val, c_acc;
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < KEY_LENGTH_HEX; ++i) {
-            final int c = input[i];
-            final int c_num = c ^ 48;
-            final int c_num0 = (c_num - 10) >> 8;
-            final int c_alpha = (c & ~32) - 55;
-            final int c_alpha0 = ((c_alpha - 10) ^ (c_alpha - 16)) >> 8;
-            if ((c_num0 | c_alpha0) == 0)
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_HEX_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
-            final int c_val = (c_num0 & c_num) | (c_alpha0 & c_alpha);
-            if (state == 0)
-                c_acc = c_val * 16;
-            else
-                key[i / 2] = (byte) (c_acc | c_val);
-            state = ~state;
+            c = input[i];
+            c_num = c ^ 48;
+            c_num0 = ((c_num - 10) >>> 8) & 0xff;
+            c_alpha = (c & ~32) - 55;
+            c_alpha0 = (((c_alpha - 10) ^ (c_alpha - 16)) >>> 8) & 0xff;
+            ret |= ((c_num0 | c_alpha0) - 1) >>> 8;
+            c_val = (c_num0 & c_num) | (c_alpha0 & c_alpha);
+            c_acc = c_val * 16;
+
+            c = input[i + 1];
+            c_num = c ^ 48;
+            c_num0 = ((c_num - 10) >>> 8) & 0xff;
+            c_alpha = (c & ~32) - 55;
+            c_alpha0 = (((c_alpha - 10) ^ (c_alpha - 16)) >>> 8) & 0xff;
+            ret |= ((c_num0 | c_alpha0) - 1) >>> 8;
+            c_val = (c_num0 & c_num) | (c_alpha0 & c_alpha);
+            key[i / 2] = (byte) (c_acc | c_val);
         }
+        if (ret != 0)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(KEY_LENGTH_HEX_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
         return key;
     }