diff --git a/algorithm/argon2/hasher.go b/algorithm/argon2/hasher.go
index 24b0211..d6e50fd 100644
--- a/algorithm/argon2/hasher.go
+++ b/algorithm/argon2/hasher.go
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ func (h *Hasher) Merge(hash *Hasher) {
 
 // Hash performs the hashing operation and returns either a argon2.Digest or an error.
 func (h *Hasher) Hash(password string) (digest algorithm.Digest, err error) {
-	h.defaults()
+	if err = h.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(algorithm.ErrFmtHasherHash, AlgName, err)
+	}
 
 	if digest, err = h.hash(password); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(algorithm.ErrFmtHasherHash, AlgName, err)
@@ -112,7 +114,9 @@ func (h *Hasher) hash(password string) (hashed algorithm.Digest, err error) {
 // HashWithSalt overloads the Hash method allowing the user to provide a salt. It's recommended instead to configure the
 // salt size and let this be a random value generated using crypto/rand.
 func (h *Hasher) HashWithSalt(password string, salt []byte) (digest algorithm.Digest, err error) {
-	h.defaults()
+	if err = h.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(algorithm.ErrFmtHasherHash, AlgName, err)
+	}
 
 	if digest, err = h.hashWithSalt(password, salt); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(algorithm.ErrFmtHasherHash, AlgName, err)
@@ -171,10 +175,22 @@ func (h *Hasher) Validate() (err error) {
 func (h *Hasher) validate() (err error) {
 	h.defaults()
 
-	mMin := uint32(h.p) * MemoryMinParallelismMultiplier
+	// The parallelism and memory are validated using the values Digest.defaults will apply when they're unset,
+	// otherwise the memory could be rounded below the minimum for the parallelism and produce an undecodable digest.
+	p, m := uint32(h.p), h.m
+
+	if p < ParallelismMin {
+		p = ParallelismDefault
+	}
+
+	if m < MemoryMin {
+		m = MemoryDefault
+	}
+
+	mMin := p * MemoryMinParallelismMultiplier
 
-	if h.m < mMin || h.m > MemoryMax {
-		return fmt.Errorf(algorithm.ErrFmtInvalidIntParameter, algorithm.ErrParameterInvalid, "m", mMin, " (p * 8)", MemoryMax, h.m)
+	if m < mMin || m > MemoryMax {
+		return fmt.Errorf(algorithm.ErrFmtInvalidIntParameter, algorithm.ErrParameterInvalid, "m", mMin, " (p * 8)", MemoryMax, m)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/algorithm/argon2/regression_test.go b/algorithm/argon2/regression_test.go
index f8f4807..444f75e 100644
--- a/algorithm/argon2/regression_test.go
+++ b/algorithm/argon2/regression_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package argon2
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -82,3 +83,45 @@ func TestDecodeVariantRejectsOtherVariants(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, encoded, digest.Encode())
 }
+
+func TestNewRejectsMemoryBelowDefaultParallelismMinimum(t *testing.T) {
+	hasher, err := New(WithM(30))
+
+	assert.Nil(t, hasher)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "argon2 validation error: parameter is invalid: parameter 'm' must be between 32 (p * 8) and 4294967295 but is set to '30'")
+}
+
+func TestHashRejectsMemoryBelowParallelismMinimumWithoutValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	hasher := &Hasher{}
+
+	require.NoError(t, hasher.WithOptions(WithM(30)))
+
+	digest, err := hasher.Hash("password")
+
+	assert.Nil(t, digest)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "argon2 hashing error: parameter is invalid: parameter 'm' must be between 32 (p * 8) and 4294967295 but is set to '30'")
+
+	digest, err = hasher.HashWithSalt("password", []byte("saltsaltsaltsalt"))
+
+	assert.Nil(t, digest)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "argon2 hashing error: parameter is invalid: parameter 'm' must be between 32 (p * 8) and 4294967295 but is set to '30'")
+}
+
+func TestHashedDigestsWithDefaultParallelismRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, m := range []uint32{32, 33, 47, 48, 64} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("m=%d", m), func(t *testing.T) {
+			hasher, err := New(WithM(m))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			digest, err := hasher.Hash("password")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			encoded := digest.Encode()
+
+			decoded, err := Decode(encoded)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "encoded digest %q could not be decoded", encoded)
+
+			assert.True(t, decoded.Match("password"))
+		})
+	}
+}