diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index a01f865a9970..e972dc4c633a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,6 @@ urandom_read_nowarn(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 static ssize_t
 urandom_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	static int maxwarn = 10;
 
 	if (!crng_ready() && maxwarn > 0) {
@@ -1840,9 +1839,6 @@ urandom_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 		if (__ratelimit(&urandom_warning))
 			pr_notice("%s: uninitialized urandom read (%zd bytes read)\n",
 				  current->comm, nbytes);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&primary_crng.lock, flags);
-		crng_init_cnt = 0;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&primary_crng.lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	return urandom_read_nowarn(file, buf, nbytes, ppos);