diff --git a/src/hashes/identity.js b/src/hashes/identity.js
index aaff637b..45e82458 100644
--- a/src/hashes/identity.js
+++ b/src/hashes/identity.js
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import * as Digest from './digest.js'
 const code = 0x0
 const name = 'identity'
 
+/** @type {(input:Uint8Array) => Uint8Array} */
+const encode = coerce
+
 /**
  * @param {Uint8Array} input
  * @returns {Digest.Digest<typeof code, number>}
  */
-const digest = (input) => Digest.create(code, coerce(input))
+const digest = (input) => Digest.create(code, encode(input))
 
-/** @type {import('./interface').SyncMultihashHasher<typeof code>} */
-export const identity = { code, name, digest }
+export const identity = { code, name, encode, digest }