diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index e027e7fa1472b6612a50b597a9c3b13bf94939a8..c8ec1e70abde74947f5fd0fc108c15ceedb46179 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ struct crng_state primary_crng = {
  * its value (from 0->1->2).
  */
 static int crng_init = 0;
-#define crng_ready() (likely(crng_init > 0))
+#define crng_ready() (likely(crng_init > 1))
 static int crng_init_cnt = 0;
 #define CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH (2*CHACHA20_KEY_SIZE)
 static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int crng_fast_load(const char *cp, size_t len)
 
 	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&primary_crng.lock, flags))
 		return 0;
-	if (crng_ready()) {
+	if (crng_init != 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&primary_crng.lock, flags);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
 {
 	unsigned long v, flags;
 
-	if (crng_init > 1 &&
+	if (crng_ready() &&
 	    time_after(jiffies, crng->init_time + CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL))
 		crng_reseed(crng, crng == &primary_crng ? &input_pool : NULL);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&crng->lock, flags);
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq, int irq_flags)
 	fast_mix(fast_pool);
 	add_interrupt_bench(cycles);
 
-	if (!crng_ready()) {
+	if (unlikely(crng_init == 0)) {
 		if ((fast_pool->count >= 64) &&
 		    crng_fast_load((char *) fast_pool->pool,
 				   sizeof(fast_pool->pool))) {
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
 {
 	struct entropy_store *poolp = &input_pool;
 
-	if (!crng_ready()) {
+	if (unlikely(crng_init == 0)) {
 		crng_fast_load(buffer, count);
 		return;
 	}