diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index 79bba0dfbc329a7014a7e4730515eac5fd31cab9..085ebb912949ecde8a2903817a424bcff9f28398 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct rnd_state {
 	__u32 s1, s2, s3, s4;
 };
 
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state) __latent_entropy;
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state);
 
 u32 prandom_u32_state(struct rnd_state *state);
 void prandom_bytes_state(struct rnd_state *state, void *buf, size_t nbytes);
diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index 7abd634a718e247010404d65bcd527a6c99e089f..036de0c93e224c4452e860e53917d522fb011fd2 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) __latent_entropy;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state);
 
 /**
  *	prandom_u32_state - seeded pseudo-random number generator.