diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index bdab5d9af8d219896a22879f3edfcee5ca08b4eb..80b850ef1bf67bb22a6bf2c82a2fee31b2f81e9d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ 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);