diff --git a/crypto/rng.c b/crypto/rng.c
index 4514d3755f7941a416e6b5fbfc66e1e65b6b750c..f1d64948f6fc8037edd0458eb1bd390d64c717d8 100644
--- a/crypto/rng.c
+++ b/crypto/rng.c
@@ -42,7 +42,29 @@ static int generate(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
 	return crypto_rng_alg(tfm)->rng_make_random(tfm, dst, dlen);
 }
 
-static int rngapi_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
+static int rngapi_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed,
+			unsigned int slen)
+{
+	u8 *buf = NULL;
+	u8 *src = (u8 *)seed;
+	int err;
+
+	if (slen) {
+		buf = kmalloc(slen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		memcpy(buf, seed, slen);
+		src = buf;
+	}
+
+	err = crypto_rng_alg(tfm)->rng_reset(tfm, src, slen);
+
+	kzfree(buf);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
 {
 	u8 *buf = NULL;
 	int err;
@@ -56,11 +78,12 @@ static int rngapi_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
 		seed = buf;
 	}
 
-	err = crypto_rng_alg(tfm)->rng_reset(tfm, seed, slen);
+	err = tfm->seed(tfm, seed, slen);
 
 	kfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_rng_reset);
 
 static int crypto_rng_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
 {
diff --git a/include/crypto/rng.h b/include/crypto/rng.h
index f20f068154bcab5662068dfa1e4ff44d8c58d272..7fca37144b5905c777c9623f542370f8b6755478 100644
--- a/include/crypto/rng.h
+++ b/include/crypto/rng.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct crypto_rng {
 	int (*generate)(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
 			const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
 			u8 *dst, unsigned int dlen);
-	int (*seed)(struct crypto_rng *tfm, u8 *seed, unsigned int slen);
+	int (*seed)(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen);
 	struct crypto_tfm base;
 };
 
@@ -139,11 +139,8 @@ static inline int crypto_rng_get_bytes(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
  *
  * Return: 0 if the setting of the key was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
  */
-static inline int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
-				   u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
-{
-	return tfm->seed(tfm, seed, slen);
-}
+int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed,
+		     unsigned int slen);
 
 /**
  * crypto_rng_seedsize() - obtain seed size of RNG