diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h
index fa9ebaead91e575579b4d27a2df54d6bab19c356..041ba15aa2b9065e10d3f36ab62237aba40cf389 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
 #define PPC_INST_CLRBHRB		0x7c00035c
 #define PPC_INST_COPY			0x7c20060c
 #define PPC_INST_CP_ABORT		0x7c00068c
+#define PPC_INST_DARN			0x7c0005e6
 #define PPC_INST_DCBA			0x7c0005ec
 #define PPC_INST_DCBA_MASK		0xfc0007fe
 #define PPC_INST_DCBAL			0x7c2005ec
@@ -395,6 +396,9 @@
 #define	PPC_CP_ABORT		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_CP_ABORT)
 #define	PPC_COPY(a, b)		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_COPY | \
 					___PPC_RA(a) | ___PPC_RB(b))
+#define PPC_DARN(t, l)		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_DARN |  \
+						___PPC_RT(t)	   |  \
+						(((l) & 0x3) << 16))
 #define	PPC_DCBAL(a, b)		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_DCBAL | \
 					__PPC_RA(a) | __PPC_RB(b))
 #define	PPC_DCBZL(a, b)		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_DCBZL | \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/rng.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/rng.c
index 1a9d84371a4dd65386d88c25a2486333c161f7ab..c5ce3a8bd4c9df4437bf9bef5d61f3edb471b650 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/rng.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/rng.c
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <asm/archrandom.h>
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 
+#define DARN_ERR 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFul
 
 struct powernv_rng {
 	void __iomem *regs;
@@ -67,6 +69,41 @@ int powernv_get_random_real_mode(unsigned long *v)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int powernv_get_random_darn(unsigned long *v)
+{
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	/* Using DARN with L=1 - 64-bit conditioned random number */
+	asm volatile(PPC_DARN(%0, 1) : "=r"(val));
+
+	if (val == DARN_ERR)
+		return 0;
+
+	*v = val;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int initialise_darn(void)
+{
+	unsigned long val;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+		if (powernv_get_random_darn(&val)) {
+			ppc_md.get_random_seed = powernv_get_random_darn;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pr_warn("Unable to use DARN for get_random_seed()\n");
+
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
 int powernv_get_random_long(unsigned long *v)
 {
 	struct powernv_rng *rng;
@@ -150,6 +187,8 @@ static __init int rng_init(void)
 		of_platform_device_create(dn, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 
+	initialise_darn();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 machine_subsys_initcall(powernv, rng_init);