diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 83161dde53eedc0acb0cbba938ddeacd6fb82cc6..571ef61f8ea94eb36bd34b4ab459b4c3435f5247 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ static int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng)
 	add_early_randomness(rng);
 
 	current_quality = rng->quality ? : default_quality;
-	current_quality &= 1023;
+	if (current_quality > 1024)
+		current_quality = 1024;
 
 	if (current_quality == 0 && hwrng_fill)
 		kthread_stop(hwrng_fill);