diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index 93d62fec..7853cad2 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ def verify_entry_md5(
         }
 
     if not md5_list:
+        if resolve_status == "hash_mismatch":
+            # No md5 to compare does not mean nothing was compared: the entry
+            # declares a sha1 or a crc32 the local file contradicts, and the
+            # builder drops it for exactly that. Reporting OK here said the
+            # collection holds bytes it does not.
+            return {
+                **base,
+                "status": Status.UNTESTED,
+                "path": local_path,
+                "reason": "declared hash contradicted by the local file",
+            }
         return {**base, "status": Status.OK, "path": local_path}
 
     if resolve_status == "md5_exact":
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 56206114..9f3faf24 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -899,6 +899,37 @@ class ArchiveSecurityRegressions(unittest.TestCase):
                 )
 
 
+class NoMd5IsNotNothingChecked(unittest.TestCase):
+    """A declared hash that is not an md5 still contradicts.
+
+    verify_entry_md5 returned OK the moment the entry declared no md5, so an
+    entry whose sha256 the local file contradicts read as covered while the
+    builder was already excluding it. RetroDECK's dsifirmware.bin declares a
+    sha256 and no md5.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        import verify
+
+        self.verify = verify
+
+    def _entry(self):
+        return {"name": "dsifirmware.bin", "sha256": "b" * 64}
+
+    def test_a_contradicted_sha256_is_not_reported_ok(self):
+        result = self.verify.verify_entry_md5(
+            self._entry(), "bios/whatever.bin", "hash_mismatch"
+        )
+        self.assertNotEqual(result["status"], self.verify.Status.OK)
+        self.assertIn("contradicted", result.get("reason", ""))
+
+    def test_a_clean_resolution_is_still_ok(self):
+        result = self.verify.verify_entry_md5(
+            self._entry(), "bios/whatever.bin", "sha256_exact"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(result["status"], self.verify.Status.OK)
+
+
 class InstallerBoundaryRegressions(unittest.TestCase):
     def _manifest(self, dest: str) -> dict:
         return {