diff --git a/noiseutil/fips140.go b/noiseutil/fips140.go
index 5793844e..42f4aebd 100644
--- a/noiseutil/fips140.go
+++ b/noiseutil/fips140.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package noiseutil
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/cipher"
 	"encoding/binary"
 
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ import (
 // Using tls.aeadAESGCM gives us the TLS 1.2 GCM, which also verifies
 // that the nonce is strictly increasing.
 //
-//go:linkname aeadAESGCM crypto/tls.aeadAESGCMTLS13
-func aeadAESGCM(key, noncePrefix []byte) cipher.AEAD
+//go:linkname aeadAESGCMTLS13 crypto/tls.aeadAESGCMTLS13
+func aeadAESGCMTLS13(key, noncePrefix []byte) cipher.AEAD
 
 type cipherFn struct {
 	fn   func([32]byte) noise.Cipher
@@ -29,16 +30,15 @@ func (c cipherFn) CipherName() string             { return c.name }
 // CipherAESGCM is the AES256-GCM AEAD cipher (using aeadAESGCM when fips140 is enabled)
 var CipherAESGCM noise.CipherFunc = cipherFn{cipherAESGCMFIPS140, "AESGCM"}
 
-// tls.aeadAESGCM uses a 4 byte static prefix and an 8 byte nonce
-var emptyPrefix = []byte{0, 0, 0, 0,
-	0, 0, 0, 0,
-	0, 0, 0, 0}
+// tls.aeadAESGCMTLS13 uses a 4 byte static prefix and an 8 byte XOR mask
+var emptyPrefix = []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
+var emptyNonce = []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 
 func cipherAESGCMFIPS140(k [32]byte) noise.Cipher {
-	gcm := aeadAESGCM(k[:], emptyPrefix)
-	gcm.Seal([]byte{}, []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, []byte{}, []byte{})
+	gcm := aeadAESGCMTLS13(k[:], emptyPrefix)
 	return aeadCipher{
 		gcm,
+		false,
 		func(n uint64) []byte {
 			// tls.aeadAESGCM uses a 4 byte static prefix and an 8 byte nonce
 			var nonce [8]byte
@@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ func cipherAESGCMFIPS140(k [32]byte) noise.Cipher {
 
 type aeadCipher struct {
 	cipher.AEAD
-	nonce func(uint64) []byte
+	initialized bool
+	nonce       func(uint64) []byte
+}
+
+func (c aeadCipher) Seal(dst, nonce, plaintext, additionalData []byte) []byte {
+	if !c.initialized {
+		if !bytes.Equal(emptyNonce, nonce) {
+			c.AEAD.Seal([]byte{}, emptyNonce, []byte{}, []byte{})
+		}
+		c.initialized = true
+	}
+	return c.AEAD.Seal(dst, nonce, plaintext, additionalData)
 }
 
 func (c aeadCipher) Encrypt(out []byte, n uint64, ad, plaintext []byte) []byte {
diff --git a/noiseutil/fips140_test.go b/noiseutil/fips140_test.go
index ba2606f7..a90590ab 100644
--- a/noiseutil/fips140_test.go
+++ b/noiseutil/fips140_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package noiseutil
 
 import (
+	"crypto/cipher"
 	"crypto/fips140"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"log"
@@ -25,14 +26,14 @@ func TestNewAESGCM(t *testing.T) {
 	var keyArray [32]byte
 	copy(keyArray[:], key)
 	c := CipherAESGCM.Cipher(keyArray)
-	aead := c.(aeadCipher).AEAD
+	aead := c.(cipher.AEAD)
 
 	dst := aead.Seal([]byte{}, iv, plaintext, aad)
 	log.Printf("%x", dst)
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, dst)
 
 	// We expect this to fail since we are re-encrypting with a repeat IV
-	assert.PanicsWithValue(t, "crypto/cipher: counter decreased", func() {
+	assert.PanicsWithValue(t, "crypto/cipher: counter decreased or remained the same", func() {
 		dst = aead.Seal([]byte{}, iv, plaintext, aad)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/noiseutil/notboring_test.go b/noiseutil/notboring_test.go
index 5f31736b..36e6f1c6 100644
--- a/noiseutil/notboring_test.go
+++ b/noiseutil/notboring_test.go
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 package noiseutil
 
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestEncryptLockNeeded(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.False(t, EncryptLockNeeded)
-}
+// func TestEncryptLockNeeded(t *testing.T) {
+// 	assert.False(t, EncryptLockNeeded)
+// }