unsigned int pixels,
                                                   u32 (*xfrm_pixel)(u32))
 {
-       u8 *dbuf8 = dbuf;
+       __le32 *dbuf32 = dbuf;
+       u8 *dbuf8;
        const __le32 *sbuf32 = sbuf;
        const __le32 *send32 = sbuf32 + pixels;
 
+       /* write 4 pixels at once */
+       while (sbuf32 < ALIGN_DOWN_PIXELS(send32, pixels, 4)) {
+               u32 pix[4] = {
+                       le32_to_cpup(sbuf32++),
+                       le32_to_cpup(sbuf32++),
+                       le32_to_cpup(sbuf32++),
+                       le32_to_cpup(sbuf32++),
+               };
+               /* write output bytes in reverse order for little endianness */
+               u32 val32 = xfrm_pixel(pix[0]) |
+                          (xfrm_pixel(pix[1]) << 8) |
+                          (xfrm_pixel(pix[2]) << 16) |
+                          (xfrm_pixel(pix[3]) << 24);
+               *dbuf32++ = cpu_to_le32(val32);
+       }
+
+       /* write trailing pixels */
+       dbuf8 = (u8 __force *)dbuf32;
        while (sbuf32 < send32)
                *dbuf8++ = xfrm_pixel(le32_to_cpup(sbuf32++));
 }