diff --git a/src/fri/recursive_verifier.rs b/src/fri/recursive_verifier.rs
index b8a7c20f..1baf598f 100644
--- a/src/fri/recursive_verifier.rs
+++ b/src/fri/recursive_verifier.rs
@@ -28,20 +28,23 @@ impl<F: Extendable<D>, const D: usize> CircuitBuilder<F, D> {
         debug_assert_eq!(last_evals.len(), 1 << arity_bits);
 
         let g = F::primitive_root_of_unity(arity_bits);
+        let gt = self.constant(g);
 
         // The evaluation vector needs to be reordered first.
         let mut evals = last_evals.to_vec();
         reverse_index_bits_in_place(&mut evals);
         let mut old_x_index_bits = self.split_le(old_x_index, arity_bits);
         old_x_index_bits.reverse();
-        let evals = self.rotate_left_from_bits(&old_x_index_bits, &evals);
+        let start = self.exp_from_complement_bits(gt, &old_x_index_bits);
+        let start = self.mul(start, x);
+        let start = self.mul(start, gt);
 
         // The answer is gotten by interpolating {(x*g^i, P(x*g^i))} and evaluating at beta.
         let points = g
             .powers()
             .map(|y| {
                 let yt = self.constant(y);
-                self.mul(x, yt)
+                self.mul(start, yt)
             })
             .zip(evals)
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
diff --git a/src/fri/verifier.rs b/src/fri/verifier.rs
index df0c33fc..89e35eb4 100644
--- a/src/fri/verifier.rs
+++ b/src/fri/verifier.rs
@@ -22,20 +22,21 @@ fn compute_evaluation<F: Field + Extendable<D>, const D: usize>(
     last_evals: &[F::Extension],
     beta: F::Extension,
 ) -> F::Extension {
-    debug_assert_eq!(last_evals.len(), 1 << arity_bits);
+    let arity = 1 << arity_bits;
+    debug_assert_eq!(last_evals.len(), arity);
 
     let g = F::primitive_root_of_unity(arity_bits);
 
     // The evaluation vector needs to be reordered first.
     let mut evals = last_evals.to_vec();
     reverse_index_bits_in_place(&mut evals);
-    evals.rotate_left(reverse_bits(old_x_index, arity_bits));
-
+    let rev_x_index = reverse_bits(old_x_index, arity_bits);
+    let start = x * g.exp((arity - rev_x_index) as u64);
     // The answer is gotten by interpolating {(x*g^i, P(x*g^i))} and evaluating at beta.
     let points = g
         .powers()
         .zip(evals)
-        .map(|(y, e)| ((x * y).into(), e))
+        .map(|(y, e)| ((start * y).into(), e))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let barycentric_weights = barycentric_weights(&points);
     interpolate(&points, beta, &barycentric_weights)
diff --git a/src/gadgets/arithmetic.rs b/src/gadgets/arithmetic.rs
index 6f85cdcf..605061ee 100644
--- a/src/gadgets/arithmetic.rs
+++ b/src/gadgets/arithmetic.rs
@@ -155,14 +155,13 @@ impl<F: Extendable<D>, const D: usize> CircuitBuilder<F, D> {
 
     // TODO: Optimize this, maybe with a new gate.
     // TODO: Test
-    /// Exponentiate `base` to the power of `exponent`, where `exponent < 2^num_bits`.
-    pub fn exp(&mut self, base: Target, exponent: Target, num_bits: usize) -> Target {
+    /// Exponentiate `base` to the power of `exponent`, given by its little-endian bits.
+    pub fn exp_from_bits(&mut self, base: Target, exponent_bits: &[Target]) -> Target {
         let mut current = base;
         let one_ext = self.one_extension();
         let mut product = self.one();
-        let exponent_bits = self.split_le(exponent, num_bits);
 
-        for bit in exponent_bits.into_iter() {
+        for &bit in exponent_bits {
             let current_ext = self.convert_to_ext(current);
             let multiplicand = self.select(bit, current_ext, one_ext);
             product = self.mul(product, multiplicand.0[0]);
@@ -172,6 +171,32 @@ impl<F: Extendable<D>, const D: usize> CircuitBuilder<F, D> {
         product
     }
 
+    // TODO: Optimize this, maybe with a new gate.
+    // TODO: Test
+    /// Exponentiate `base` to the power of `exponent`, given by its little-endian bits.
+    pub fn exp_from_complement_bits(&mut self, base: Target, exponent_bits: &[Target]) -> Target {
+        let mut current = base;
+        let one_ext = self.one_extension();
+        let mut product = self.one();
+
+        for &bit in exponent_bits {
+            let current_ext = self.convert_to_ext(current);
+            let multiplicand = self.select(bit, one_ext, current_ext);
+            product = self.mul(product, multiplicand.0[0]);
+            current = self.mul(current, current);
+        }
+
+        product
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Optimize this, maybe with a new gate.
+    // TODO: Test
+    /// Exponentiate `base` to the power of `exponent`, where `exponent < 2^num_bits`.
+    pub fn exp(&mut self, base: Target, exponent: Target, num_bits: usize) -> Target {
+        let exponent_bits = self.split_le(exponent, num_bits);
+        self.exp_from_bits(base, &exponent_bits)
+    }
+
     /// Exponentiate `base` to the power of a known `exponent`.
     // TODO: Test
     pub fn exp_u64(&mut self, base: Target, exponent: u64) -> Target {