diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/LoginActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/LoginActivity.java
index 3e458d1..69cc5c8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/LoginActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/LoginActivity.java
@@ -550,41 +550,12 @@ public class LoginActivity extends SecureActivity
         openDialog.show();
     }
 
-    // try to figure out what the real wallet password is given the user password
-    // which could be the actual wallet password or a (maybe malformed) CrAzYpass
-    // or the password used to derive the CrAzYpass for the wallet
-    private String getWalletPassword(String walletName, String password) {
-        String walletPath = new File(Helper.getWalletRoot(getApplicationContext()),
-                walletName + ".keys").getAbsolutePath();
-
-        // try with entered password (which could be a legacy password or a CrAzYpass)
-        if (WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, password, true)) {
-            return password;
-        }
-
-        // maybe this is a malformed CrAzYpass?
-        String possibleCrazyPass = CrazyPassEncoder.reformat(password);
-        if (possibleCrazyPass != null) { // looks like a CrAzYpass
-            if (WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, possibleCrazyPass, true)) {
-                return possibleCrazyPass;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // generate & try with CrAzYpass
-        String crazyPass = KeyStoreHelper.getCrazyPass(this, password);
-        if (WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, crazyPass, true)) {
-            return crazyPass;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     interface PasswordAction {
         void action(String walletName, String password);
     }
 
     private boolean processPasswordEntry(String walletName, String pass, PasswordAction action) {
-        String walletPassword = getWalletPassword(walletName, pass);
+        String walletPassword = Helper.getWalletPassword(getApplicationContext(), walletName, pass);
         if (walletPassword != null) {
             action.action(walletName, walletPassword);
             return true;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/WalletActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/WalletActivity.java
index 8728425..4a2c8d7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/WalletActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/WalletActivity.java
@@ -828,9 +828,8 @@ public class WalletActivity extends SecureActivity implements WalletFragment.Lis
 
     @Override
     public boolean verifyWalletPassword(String password) {
-        String walletPath = new File(Helper.getWalletRoot(this),
-                getWalletName() + ".keys").getAbsolutePath();
-        return WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, password, true);
+        String walletPassword = Helper.getWalletPassword(getApplicationContext(), getWalletName(), password);
+        return walletPassword != null;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/util/Helper.java b/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/util/Helper.java
index 7bc8357..e7b0182 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/util/Helper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/m2049r/xmrwallet/util/Helper.java
@@ -312,4 +312,32 @@ public class Helper {
         if (level >= WalletManager.LOGLEVEL_SILENT)
             WalletManager.setLogLevel(level);
     }
+
+    // try to figure out what the real wallet password is given the user password
+    // which could be the actual wallet password or a (maybe malformed) CrAzYpass
+    // or the password used to derive the CrAzYpass for the wallet
+    static public String getWalletPassword(Context context, String walletName, String password) {
+        String walletPath = new File(getWalletRoot(context), walletName + ".keys").getAbsolutePath();
+
+        // try with entered password (which could be a legacy password or a CrAzYpass)
+        if (WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, password, true)) {
+            return password;
+        }
+
+        // maybe this is a malformed CrAzYpass?
+        String possibleCrazyPass = CrazyPassEncoder.reformat(password);
+        if (possibleCrazyPass != null) { // looks like a CrAzYpass
+            if (WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, possibleCrazyPass, true)) {
+                return possibleCrazyPass;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // generate & try with CrAzYpass
+        String crazyPass = KeyStoreHelper.getCrazyPass(context, password);
+        if (WalletManager.getInstance().verifyWalletPassword(walletPath, crazyPass, true)) {
+            return crazyPass;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }