diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 1ef26403bcc83f6a0c26f20d67b74e7fe6331635..8e5ab20848c0678af5c06d73abe44e06c847cce6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -855,13 +855,6 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&primary_crng.lock, flags);
 }
 
-static inline void maybe_reseed_primary_crng(void)
-{
-	if (crng_init > 2 &&
-	    time_after(jiffies, primary_crng.init_time + CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL))
-		crng_reseed(&primary_crng, &input_pool);
-}
-
 static inline void crng_wait_ready(void)
 {
 	wait_event_interruptible(crng_init_wait, crng_ready());