diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 8c39eeaced5722ea6053afcc42b86965a5c8a801..0b826f8321d5bfce3397cf9cae91a784bdbf88a4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 		crng->state[i+4] ^= buf.key[i] ^ rv;
 	}
 	memzero_explicit(&buf, sizeof(buf));
-	crng->init_time = jiffies;
+	WRITE_ONCE(crng->init_time, jiffies);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crng->lock, flags);
 	if (crng == &primary_crng && crng_init < 2) {
 		invalidate_batched_entropy();
@@ -1016,12 +1016,15 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
 			  __u8 out[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE])
 {
-	unsigned long v, flags;
+	unsigned long v, flags, init_time;
 
-	if (crng_ready() &&
-	    (time_after(crng_global_init_time, crng->init_time) ||
-	     time_after(jiffies, crng->init_time + CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL)))
-		crng_reseed(crng, crng == &primary_crng ? &input_pool : NULL);
+	if (crng_ready()) {
+		init_time = READ_ONCE(crng->init_time);
+		if (time_after(READ_ONCE(crng_global_init_time), init_time) ||
+		    time_after(jiffies, init_time + CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL))
+			crng_reseed(crng, crng == &primary_crng ?
+				    &input_pool : NULL);
+	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&crng->lock, flags);
 	if (arch_get_random_long(&v))
 		crng->state[14] ^= v;
@@ -1976,7 +1979,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (crng_init < 2)
 			return -ENODATA;
 		crng_reseed(&primary_crng, &input_pool);
-		crng_global_init_time = jiffies - 1;
+		WRITE_ONCE(crng_global_init_time, jiffies - 1);
 		return 0;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;