diff --git a/src/wallet/crypter.cpp b/src/wallet/crypter.cpp
index e37a9c4c8..0a19139a3 100644
--- a/src/wallet/crypter.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/crypter.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "crypter.h"
 
+#include "crypto/aes.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "script/standard.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -53,24 +54,15 @@ bool CCrypter::Encrypt(const CKeyingMaterial& vchPlaintext, std::vector<unsigned
         return false;
 
     // max ciphertext len for a n bytes of plaintext is
-    // n + AES_BLOCK_SIZE - 1 bytes
-    int nLen = vchPlaintext.size();
-    int nCLen = nLen + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, nFLen = 0;
-    vchCiphertext = std::vector<unsigned char> (nCLen);
+    // n + AES_BLOCKSIZE bytes
+    vchCiphertext.resize(vchPlaintext.size() + AES_BLOCKSIZE);
 
-    EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx;
+    AES256CBCEncrypt enc(chKey, chIV, true);
+    size_t nLen = enc.Encrypt(&vchPlaintext[0], vchPlaintext.size(), &vchCiphertext[0]);
+    if(nLen < vchPlaintext.size())
+        return false;
+    vchCiphertext.resize(nLen);
 
-    bool fOk = true;
-
-    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&ctx);
-    if (fOk) fOk = EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_aes_256_cbc(), NULL, chKey, chIV) != 0;
-    if (fOk) fOk = EVP_EncryptUpdate(&ctx, &vchCiphertext[0], &nCLen, &vchPlaintext[0], nLen) != 0;
-    if (fOk) fOk = EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(&ctx, (&vchCiphertext[0]) + nCLen, &nFLen) != 0;
-    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup(&ctx);
-
-    if (!fOk) return false;
-
-    vchCiphertext.resize(nCLen + nFLen);
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -81,23 +73,14 @@ bool CCrypter::Decrypt(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchCiphertext, CKeyingM
 
     // plaintext will always be equal to or lesser than length of ciphertext
     int nLen = vchCiphertext.size();
-    int nPLen = nLen, nFLen = 0;
 
-    vchPlaintext = CKeyingMaterial(nPLen);
+    vchPlaintext.resize(nLen);
 
-    EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx;
-
-    bool fOk = true;
-
-    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&ctx);
-    if (fOk) fOk = EVP_DecryptInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_aes_256_cbc(), NULL, chKey, chIV) != 0;
-    if (fOk) fOk = EVP_DecryptUpdate(&ctx, &vchPlaintext[0], &nPLen, &vchCiphertext[0], nLen) != 0;
-    if (fOk) fOk = EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(&ctx, (&vchPlaintext[0]) + nPLen, &nFLen) != 0;
-    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup(&ctx);
-
-    if (!fOk) return false;
-
-    vchPlaintext.resize(nPLen + nFLen);
+    AES256CBCDecrypt dec(chKey, chIV, true);
+    nLen = dec.Decrypt(&vchCiphertext[0], vchCiphertext.size(), &vchPlaintext[0]);
+    if(nLen == 0)
+        return false;
+    vchPlaintext.resize(nLen);
     return true;
 }