diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
index e1a5f244a9d9f5b777e890747f9b2fb0000d24b6..32f37ab7c23373b84bd25782a0e83087d75d3c47 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
@@ -787,12 +787,6 @@ static void reset_setup_data(void *opaque)
     stq_p(fixup->pos, fixup->orig_val);
 }
 
-static void reset_rng_seed(void *opaque)
-{
-    SetupData *setup_data = opaque;
-    qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(setup_data->data, le32_to_cpu(setup_data->len));
-}
-
 void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
                     FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
                     int acpi_data_size,
@@ -1115,7 +1109,6 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
         setup_data->type = cpu_to_le32(SETUP_RNG_SEED);
         setup_data->len = cpu_to_le32(RNG_SEED_LENGTH);
         qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(setup_data->data, RNG_SEED_LENGTH);
-        qemu_register_reset(reset_rng_seed, setup_data);
     }
 
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_ADDR, prot_addr);