diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index d86355753974..ea5b92946045 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static void __init crng_initialize_primary(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	memcpy(&crng->state[0], "expand 32-byte k", 16);
 	_extract_entropy(&input_pool, &crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12, 0);
-	if (crng_init_try_arch_early(crng) && trust_cpu) {
+	if (crng_init_try_arch_early(crng) && trust_cpu && crng_init < 2) {
 		invalidate_batched_entropy();
 		numa_crng_init();
 		crng_init = 2;