diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b3ce4201a51f..00b50ccc9fae 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ static __poll_t random_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	return crng_ready() ? EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM : EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 }
 
-static ssize_t write_pool(struct iov_iter *iter)
+static ssize_t write_pool_user(struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	u8 block[BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE];
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
@@ -1270,7 +1270,13 @@ static ssize_t write_pool(struct iov_iter *iter)
 		mix_pool_bytes(block, copied);
 		if (!iov_iter_count(iter) || copied != sizeof(block))
 			break;
-		cond_resched();
+
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_SIZE % sizeof(block) != 0);
+		if (ret % PAGE_SIZE == 0) {
+			if (signal_pending(current))
+				break;
+			cond_resched();
+		}
 	}
 
 	memzero_explicit(block, sizeof(block));
@@ -1279,7 +1285,7 @@ static ssize_t write_pool(struct iov_iter *iter)
 
 static ssize_t random_write_iter(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
-	return write_pool(iter);
+	return write_pool_user(iter);
 }
 
 static ssize_t urandom_read_iter(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
@@ -1346,7 +1352,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		ret = import_single_range(WRITE, p, len, &iov, &iter);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
-		ret = write_pool(&iter);
+		ret = write_pool_user(&iter);
 		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 			return ret;
 		/* Since we're crediting, enforce that it was all written into the pool. */