diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index a1af90bacc9f8b99a7f3c307711620213be3132a..0c6568ae5f68b470b1e193be76a04a3ec543bf57 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ static void __cold _credit_init_bits(size_t bits)
 
 	add = min_t(size_t, bits, POOL_BITS);
 
+	orig = READ_ONCE(input_pool.init_bits);
 	do {
-		orig = READ_ONCE(input_pool.init_bits);
 		new = min_t(unsigned int, POOL_BITS, orig + add);
-	} while (cmpxchg(&input_pool.init_bits, orig, new) != orig);
+	} while (!try_cmpxchg(&input_pool.init_bits, &orig, new));
 
 	if (orig < POOL_READY_BITS && new >= POOL_READY_BITS) {
 		crng_reseed(); /* Sets crng_init to CRNG_READY under base_crng.lock. */