diff --git a/src/Cones/wsosinterppossemideftri.jl b/src/Cones/wsosinterppossemideftri.jl
index dde65de20..44ca8fda7 100644
--- a/src/Cones/wsosinterppossemideftri.jl
+++ b/src/Cones/wsosinterppossemideftri.jl
@@ -142,30 +142,50 @@ end
 
 is_dual_feas(cone::WSOSInterpPosSemidefTri) = true
 
+# diagonal from each (i, j) block in mat' * mat
+function block_diag_prod!(vect::Vector{T}, mat::Matrix{T}, U::Int, R::Int, rt2::T, scal::Int = 1) where T
+    @inbounds for u in 1:U
+        idx = u
+        j_idx = u
+        for j in 1:R
+            i_idx = u
+            for i in 1:(j - 1)
+                @views vect[idx] += dot(mat[:, i_idx], mat[:, j_idx]) * rt2 * scal
+                idx += U
+                i_idx += U
+            end
+            @views vect[idx] += sum(abs2, mat[:, j_idx]) * scal
+            j_idx += U
+            idx += U
+        end
+    end
+    return
+end
+
 function update_grad(cone::WSOSInterpPosSemidefTri)
     @assert is_feas(cone)
     U = cone.U
     R = cone.R
+    cone.grad .= 0
 
-    # update PΛiP
     @inbounds for k in eachindex(cone.PΛiP)
         L = size(cone.Ps[k], 2)
         ΛFL = cone.ΛFL[k].L
         ΛFLP = cone.ΛFLP[k]
 
         # given cholesky L factor ΛFL, get ΛFLP = ΛFL \ kron(I, P')
-        @inbounds for p in 1:R
+        for p in 1:R
             block_U_p_idxs = block_idxs(U, p)
             block_L_p_idxs = block_idxs(L, p)
             @views ΛFLP_pp = ΛFLP[block_L_p_idxs, block_U_p_idxs]
             # ΛFLP_pp = ΛFL_pp \ P'
             @views ldiv!(ΛFLP_pp, LowerTriangular(ΛFL[block_L_p_idxs, block_L_p_idxs]), cone.Ps[k]')
             # to get off-diagonals in ΛFLP, subtract known blocks aggregated in ΛFLP_qp
-            @inbounds for q in (p + 1):R
+            for q in (p + 1):R
                 block_L_q_idxs = block_idxs(L, q)
                 @views ΛFLP_qp = ΛFLP[block_L_q_idxs, block_U_p_idxs]
                 ΛFLP_qp .= 0
-                @inbounds for p2 in p:(q - 1)
+                for p2 in p:(q - 1)
                     block_L_p2_idxs = block_idxs(L, p2)
                     @views mul!(ΛFLP_qp, ΛFL[block_L_q_idxs, block_L_p2_idxs], ΛFLP[block_L_p2_idxs, block_U_p_idxs], -1, 1)
                 end
@@ -173,29 +193,8 @@ function update_grad(cone::WSOSInterpPosSemidefTri)
             end
         end
 
-        # PΛiP = ΛFLP' * ΛFLP
-        PΛiPk = cone.PΛiP[k]
-        @inbounds for p in 1:R, q in p:R
-            block_p_idxs = block_idxs(U, p)
-            block_q_idxs = block_idxs(U, q)
-            # since ΛFLP is block lower triangular rows only from max(p,q) start making a nonzero contribution to the product
-            row_range = ((q - 1) * L + 1):(L * R)
-            @inbounds @views mul!(PΛiPk[block_p_idxs, block_q_idxs], ΛFLP[row_range, block_p_idxs]', ΛFLP[row_range, block_q_idxs])
-        end
-        LinearAlgebra.copytri!(PΛiPk, 'U')
-    end
-
-    # update gradient
-    for p in 1:cone.R, q in 1:p
-        scal = (p == q ? -1 : -cone.rt2)
-        idx = (svec_idx(p, q) - 1) * U
-        block_p = (p - 1) * U
-        block_q = (q - 1) * U
-        for i in 1:U
-            block_p_i = block_p + i
-            block_q_i = block_q + i
-            @inbounds cone.grad[idx + i] = scal * sum(PΛiPk[block_q_i, block_p_i] for PΛiPk in cone.PΛiP)
-        end
+        # update grad
+        block_diag_prod!(cone.grad, ΛFLP, U, R, cone.rt2, -1)
     end
 
     cone.grad_updated = true
@@ -208,6 +207,22 @@ function update_hess(cone::WSOSInterpPosSemidefTri)
     U = cone.U
     H = cone.hess.data
     H .= 0
+
+    @inbounds for k in eachindex(cone.PΛiP)
+        L = size(cone.Ps[k], 2)
+        # PΛiP = ΛFLP' * ΛFLP
+        PΛiPk = cone.PΛiP[k]
+        ΛFLP = cone.ΛFLP[k]
+        for p in 1:R, q in p:R
+            block_p_idxs = block_idxs(U, p)
+            block_q_idxs = block_idxs(U, q)
+            # since ΛFLP is block lower triangular rows only from max(p,q) start making a nonzero contribution to the product
+            row_range = ((q - 1) * L + 1):(L * R)
+            @views mul!(PΛiPk[block_p_idxs, block_q_idxs], ΛFLP[row_range, block_p_idxs]', ΛFLP[row_range, block_q_idxs])
+        end
+        LinearAlgebra.copytri!(PΛiPk, 'U')
+    end
+
     @inbounds for p in 1:R, q in 1:p
         block = svec_idx(p, q)
         idxs = block_idxs(U, block)
@@ -266,23 +281,7 @@ function correction(cone::WSOSInterpPosSemidefTri{T}, primal_dir::AbstractVector
         end
 
         big_mat_half = mul!(cone.tempLRUR2[k], ΛFLP_dir, Symmetric(cone.PΛiP[k], :U))
-        # diagonal from each (i, j) block in big_mat_half' * big_mat_half
-        for u in 1:U
-            idx = u
-            j_idx = u
-            for j in 1:R
-                i_idx = u
-                for i in 1:(j - 1)
-                    @views corr[idx] += dot(big_mat_half[:, i_idx], big_mat_half[:, j_idx]) * cone.rt2
-                    idx += U
-                    i_idx += U
-                end
-                @views corr[idx] += sum(abs2, big_mat_half[:, j_idx])
-                j_idx += U
-                idx += U
-            end
-        end
-
+        block_diag_prod!(corr, big_mat_half, U, R, cone.rt2)
     end
 
     return corr