diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 238f5c822adf..9513588d5b43 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -578,11 +578,13 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	hrtimers_init();
 	softirq_init();
 	timekeeping_init();
+	time_init();
 
 	/*
 	 * For best initial stack canary entropy, prepare it after:
 	 * - setup_arch() for any UEFI RNG entropy and boot cmdline access
 	 * - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in rand_initialize()
+	 * - time_init() for making random_get_entropy() work on some platforms
 	 * - rand_initialize() to get any arch-specific entropy like RDRAND
 	 * - add_latent_entropy() to get any latent entropy
 	 * - adding command line entropy
@@ -592,7 +594,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
 	boot_init_stack_canary();
 
-	time_init();
 	sched_clock_postinit();
 	printk_nmi_init();
 	perf_event_init();