diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 0a84b7f468ad05a0c9da07aaca91c7f810921b79..79f1f68dacb59acd0f2c8e065db959015183bc6a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1799,6 +1799,8 @@ static void init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
 		if (!arch_get_random_seed_long(&rv) &&
 		    !arch_get_random_long(&rv))
 			rv = random_get_entropy();
+		else
+			credit_entropy_bits(r, 1);
 		mix_pool_bytes(r, &rv, sizeof(rv));
 	}
 	mix_pool_bytes(r, utsname(), sizeof(*(utsname())));