diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index c4419ea1ab07..2a451b14b3cc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng)
 	unsigned char bytes[16];
 	int bytes_read;
 
-	/*
-	 * Currently only virtio-rng cannot return data during device
-	 * probe, and that's handled in virtio-rng.c itself.  If there
-	 * are more such devices, this call to rng_get_data can be
-	 * made conditional here instead of doing it per-device.
-	 */
 	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, bytes, sizeof(bytes), 1);
 	if (bytes_read > 0)
 		add_device_randomness(bytes, bytes_read);
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
index d9927eb4fa98..0027137daa56 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct virtrng_info {
 	bool hwrng_register_done;
 };
 
-static bool probe_done;
 
 static void random_recv_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
@@ -69,13 +68,6 @@ static int virtio_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *buf, size_t size, bool wait)
 	int ret;
 	struct virtrng_info *vi = (struct virtrng_info *)rng->priv;
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't ask host for data till we're setup.  This call can
-	 * happen during hwrng_register(), after commit d9e7972619.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!probe_done))
-		return 0;
-
 	if (!vi->busy) {
 		vi->busy = true;
 		init_completion(&vi->have_data);
@@ -137,7 +129,6 @@ static int probe_common(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	probe_done = true;
 	return 0;
 }