diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 334601cc81cf57ce92e83664ec192a01a5e353c4..c4419ea1ab078485f629ea6853b854dd6621aeb3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -55,16 +55,41 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(rng_mutex);
 static int data_avail;
 static u8 *rng_buffer;
 
+static inline int rng_get_data(struct hwrng *rng, u8 *buffer, size_t size,
+			       int wait);
+
 static size_t rng_buffer_size(void)
 {
 	return SMP_CACHE_BYTES < 32 ? 32 : SMP_CACHE_BYTES;
 }
 
+static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng)
+{
+	unsigned char bytes[16];
+	int bytes_read;
+
+	/*
+	 * Currently only virtio-rng cannot return data during device
+	 * probe, and that's handled in virtio-rng.c itself.  If there
+	 * are more such devices, this call to rng_get_data can be
+	 * made conditional here instead of doing it per-device.
+	 */
+	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, bytes, sizeof(bytes), 1);
+	if (bytes_read > 0)
+		add_device_randomness(bytes, bytes_read);
+}
+
 static inline int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng)
 {
-	if (!rng->init)
-		return 0;
-	return rng->init(rng);
+	if (rng->init) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret =  rng->init(rng);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+	add_early_randomness(rng);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void hwrng_cleanup(struct hwrng *rng)
@@ -304,8 +329,6 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
 {
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 	struct hwrng *old_rng, *tmp;
-	unsigned char bytes[16];
-	int bytes_read;
 
 	if (rng->name == NULL ||
 	    (rng->data_read == NULL && rng->read == NULL))
@@ -347,9 +370,17 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rng->list);
 	list_add_tail(&rng->list, &rng_list);
 
-	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, bytes, sizeof(bytes), 1);
-	if (bytes_read > 0)
-		add_device_randomness(bytes, bytes_read);
+	if (old_rng && !rng->init) {
+		/*
+		 * Use a new device's input to add some randomness to
+		 * the system.  If this rng device isn't going to be
+		 * used right away, its init function hasn't been
+		 * called yet; so only use the randomness from devices
+		 * that don't need an init callback.
+		 */
+		add_early_randomness(rng);
+	}
+
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
index f3e71501de5409cb9947b851d2f689ab76545391..e9b15bc18b4d120ffcfb7441cee7cdeb2fca692e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct virtrng_info {
 	int index;
 };
 
+static bool probe_done;
+
 static void random_recv_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
 	struct virtrng_info *vi = vq->vdev->priv;
@@ -67,6 +69,13 @@ static int virtio_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *buf, size_t size, bool wait)
 	int ret;
 	struct virtrng_info *vi = (struct virtrng_info *)rng->priv;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't ask host for data till we're setup.  This call can
+	 * happen during hwrng_register(), after commit d9e7972619.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!probe_done))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!vi->busy) {
 		vi->busy = true;
 		init_completion(&vi->have_data);
@@ -137,6 +146,7 @@ static int probe_common(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	probe_done = true;
 	return 0;
 }