diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index aaf9e5afaad435e2342a15fc963aa91367079957..0ef7cb0448e8635bc5b17bbe5cba84017e5033ea 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng)
 	size_t size = min_t(size_t, 16, rng_buffer_size());
 
 	mutex_lock(&reading_mutex);
-	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, rng_buffer, size, 1);
+	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, rng_buffer, size, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&reading_mutex);
 	if (bytes_read > 0)
 		add_device_randomness(rng_buffer, bytes_read);