diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index 036de0c93e224c4452e860e53917d522fb011fd2..b6f3325e38e4347923bc4db34d4acaeb90773203 100644
--- a/lib/random32.c
+++ b/lib/random32.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static inline void prandom_state_selftest(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state)  __latent_entropy;
 
 /**
  *	prandom_u32_state - seeded pseudo-random number generator.