diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index fdfb0dec6ae6..adf42f7d7413 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ void add_device_randomness(const void *buf, size_t size)
 	unsigned long time = random_get_entropy() ^ jiffies;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!crng_ready() && size)
+	if (crng_init == 0 && size)
 		crng_pre_init_inject(buf, size, false, false);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&input_pool.lock, flags);