diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index ac8efaa116bd..abf81609812a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -438,11 +438,8 @@ static void crng_make_state(u32 chacha_state[CHACHA20_BLOCK_SIZE / sizeof(u32)],
  * This shouldn't be set by functions like add_device_randomness(),
  * where we can't trust the buffer passed to it is guaranteed to be
  * unpredictable (so it might not have any entropy at all).
- *
- * Returns the number of bytes processed from input, which is bounded
- * by CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH if account is true.
  */
-static size_t crng_pre_init_inject(const void *input, size_t len, bool account)
+static void crng_pre_init_inject(const void *input, size_t len, bool account)
 {
 	static int crng_init_cnt = 0;
 	struct blake2s_state hash;
@@ -453,18 +450,15 @@ static size_t crng_pre_init_inject(const void *input, size_t len, bool account)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&base_crng.lock, flags);
 	if (crng_init != 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base_crng.lock, flags);
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	if (account)
-		len = min_t(size_t, len, CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH - crng_init_cnt);
-
 	blake2s_update(&hash, base_crng.key, sizeof(base_crng.key));
 	blake2s_update(&hash, input, len);
 	blake2s_final(&hash, base_crng.key);
 
 	if (account) {
-		crng_init_cnt += len;
+		crng_init_cnt += min_t(size_t, len, CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH - crng_init_cnt);
 		if (crng_init_cnt >= CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH) {
 			++base_crng.generation;
 			crng_init = 1;
@@ -475,8 +469,6 @@ static size_t crng_pre_init_inject(const void *input, size_t len, bool account)
 
 	if (crng_init == 1)
 		pr_notice("fast init done\n");
-
-	return len;
 }
 
 static void _get_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes)
@@ -1134,12 +1126,9 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const void *buffer, size_t count,
 				size_t entropy)
 {
 	if (unlikely(crng_init == 0 && entropy < POOL_MIN_BITS)) {
-		size_t ret = crng_pre_init_inject(buffer, count, true);
-		mix_pool_bytes(buffer, ret);
-		count -= ret;
-		buffer += ret;
-		if (!count || crng_init == 0)
-			return;
+		crng_pre_init_inject(buffer, count, true);
+		mix_pool_bytes(buffer, count);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/*