diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 0158fe2243a9..e99206978561 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/cryptohash.h>
 #include <linux/fips.h>
-#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -2484,8 +2483,7 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
 	 * We'll be woken up again once below random_write_wakeup_thresh,
 	 * or when the calling thread is about to terminate.
 	 */
-	wait_event_freezable(random_write_wait,
-			kthread_should_stop() ||
+	wait_event_interruptible(random_write_wait, kthread_should_stop() ||
 			ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) <= random_write_wakeup_bits);
 	mix_pool_bytes(poolp, buffer, count);
 	credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy);