diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index a48aaa79d352313aa7dda46549f1a3d3e57b0c1f..6c1fb395bddfca86e3c00757a978ecfd85fef7c2 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1675,8 +1675,16 @@ static struct random_ready_callback random_ready = {
 
 static int __init initialize_ptr_random(void)
 {
-	int ret = add_random_ready_callback(&random_ready);
+	int key_size = sizeof(ptr_key);
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Use hw RNG if available. */
+	if (get_random_bytes_arch(&ptr_key, key_size) == key_size) {
+		static_branch_disable(&not_filled_random_ptr_key);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
+	ret = add_random_ready_callback(&random_ready);
 	if (!ret) {
 		return 0;
 	} else if (ret == -EALREADY) {