diff --git a/block-padding/CHANGELOG.md b/block-padding/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a21889e..e1171828 100644
--- a/block-padding/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/block-padding/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## 0.4.0 (unreleased)
 ### Added
-- `Padding::pad_detached` method ([#1225])
+- `Padding::pad_detached` method ([#1225], [#1227])
+- `PaddedData` enum ([#1227])
 
 ### Changed
 - Migrated from `generic-array` to `hybrid-array` ([#944])
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#1149]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/utils/pull/1149
 [#1217]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/utils/pull/1217
 [#1225]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/utils/pull/1225
+[#1227]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/utils/pull/1227
 
 ## 0.3.3 (2023-04-02)
 ### Added
diff --git a/block-padding/src/lib.rs b/block-padding/src/lib.rs
index 7fe9da7a..9b195bc9 100644
--- a/block-padding/src/lib.rs
+++ b/block-padding/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,21 +48,18 @@ pub trait Padding {
 
     /// Pad message and return padded tail block.
     ///
-    /// `Err` is returned only by [`NoPadding`] if `data` length is not multiple of the block size.
-    /// [`NoPadding`] and [`ZeroPadding`] return `Ok((blocks, None))` if `data` length
-    /// is multiple of block size. All other padding implementations should always return
-    /// `Ok((blocks, Some(tail_block)))`.
-    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+    /// [`PaddedData::Error`] is returned only by [`NoPadding`] if `data` length is not multiple
+    /// of the block size. [`NoPadding`] and [`ZeroPadding`] return [`PaddedData::NoPad`]
+    /// if `data` length is multiple of block size. All other padding implementations
+    /// should always return [`PaddedData::Pad`].
     #[inline]
-    fn pad_detached<BlockSize: ArraySize>(
-        data: &[u8],
-    ) -> Result<(&[Array<u8, BlockSize>], Option<Array<u8, BlockSize>>), Error> {
+    fn pad_detached<BlockSize: ArraySize>(data: &[u8]) -> PaddedData<'_, BlockSize> {
         let (blocks, tail) = Array::slice_as_chunks(data);
         let mut tail_block = Array::default();
         let pos = tail.len();
         tail_block[..pos].copy_from_slice(tail);
         Self::pad(&mut tail_block, pos);
-        Ok((blocks, Some(tail_block)))
+        PaddedData::Pad { blocks, tail_block }
     }
 
     /// Unpad data in `blocks` and return unpadded byte slice.
@@ -120,6 +117,19 @@ impl Padding for ZeroPadding {
         Ok(&block[..0])
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn pad_detached<BlockSize: ArraySize>(data: &[u8]) -> PaddedData<'_, BlockSize> {
+        let (blocks, tail) = Array::slice_as_chunks(data);
+        if tail.is_empty() {
+            return PaddedData::NoPad { blocks };
+        }
+        let mut tail_block = Array::default();
+        let pos = tail.len();
+        tail_block[..pos].copy_from_slice(tail);
+        Self::pad(&mut tail_block, pos);
+        PaddedData::Pad { blocks, tail_block }
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn unpad_blocks<BlockSize: ArraySize>(blocks: &[Array<u8, BlockSize>]) -> Result<&[u8], Error> {
         let buf = Array::slice_as_flattened(blocks);
@@ -353,6 +363,16 @@ impl Padding for NoPadding {
         Ok(block)
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn pad_detached<BlockSize: ArraySize>(data: &[u8]) -> PaddedData<'_, BlockSize> {
+        let (blocks, tail) = Array::slice_as_chunks(data);
+        if tail.is_empty() {
+            PaddedData::NoPad { blocks }
+        } else {
+            PaddedData::Error
+        }
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn unpad_blocks<BlockSize: ArraySize>(blocks: &[Array<u8, BlockSize>]) -> Result<&[u8], Error> {
         Ok(Array::slice_as_flattened(blocks))
@@ -370,3 +390,37 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
 }
 
 impl core::error::Error for Error {}
+
+/// Padded data split into blocks with detached last block returned by [`Padding::pad_detached`].
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum PaddedData<'a, BlockSize: ArraySize> {
+    /// Message split into blocks with detached and padded `tail_block`.
+    Pad {
+        /// Message blocks.
+        blocks: &'a [Array<u8, BlockSize>],
+        /// Last message block with padding.
+        tail_block: Array<u8, BlockSize>,
+    },
+    /// [`NoPadding`] or [`ZeroPadding`] were used on a message which does not require any padding.
+    NoPad {
+        /// Message blocks.
+        blocks: &'a [Array<u8, BlockSize>],
+    },
+    /// [`NoPadding`] was used on a message with size not multiple of the block size.
+    Error,
+}
+
+impl<'a, BlockSize: ArraySize> PaddedData<'a, BlockSize> {
+    /// Unwrap the `Pad` variant.
+    pub fn unwrap(self) -> (&'a [Array<u8, BlockSize>], Array<u8, BlockSize>) {
+        match self {
+            PaddedData::Pad { blocks, tail_block } => (blocks, tail_block),
+            PaddedData::NoPad { .. } => {
+                panic!("Expected `PaddedData::Pad`, but got `PaddedData::NoPad`");
+            }
+            PaddedData::Error => {
+                panic!("Expected `PaddedData::Pad`, but got `PaddedData::Error`");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/inout/src/reserved.rs b/inout/src/reserved.rs
index ab143dfe..95152c17 100644
--- a/inout/src/reserved.rs
+++ b/inout/src/reserved.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,13 @@ impl<'inp, 'out> InOutBufReserved<'inp, 'out, u8> {
     {
         let bs = BS::USIZE;
         let blocks_len = self.in_len / bs;
-        let (blocks, tail_block) = P::pad_detached(self.get_in()).map_err(|_| PadError)?;
+
+        use block_padding::PaddedData;
+        let (blocks, tail_block) = match P::pad_detached(self.get_in()) {
+            PaddedData::Pad { blocks, tail_block } => (blocks, Some(tail_block)),
+            PaddedData::NoPad { blocks } => (blocks, None),
+            PaddedData::Error => return Err(PadError),
+        };
 
         assert_eq!(blocks.len(), blocks_len);