diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 662b6773d736..8e701ea78b0d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ early_param("random.trust_bootloader", parse_trust_bootloader);
 int __init random_init(const char *command_line)
 {
 	ktime_t now = ktime_get_real();
-	unsigned int i, arch_bytes;
+	unsigned int i, arch_bits;
 	unsigned long entropy;
 
 #if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN)
@@ -818,12 +818,12 @@ int __init random_init(const char *command_line)
 	_mix_pool_bytes(compiletime_seed, sizeof(compiletime_seed));
 #endif
 
-	for (i = 0, arch_bytes = BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	for (i = 0, arch_bits = BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE * 8;
 	     i < BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE; i += sizeof(entropy)) {
 		if (!arch_get_random_seed_long_early(&entropy) &&
 		    !arch_get_random_long_early(&entropy)) {
 			entropy = random_get_entropy();
-			arch_bytes -= sizeof(entropy);
+			arch_bits -= sizeof(entropy) * 8;
 		}
 		_mix_pool_bytes(&entropy, sizeof(entropy));
 	}
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ int __init random_init(const char *command_line)
 	if (crng_ready())
 		crng_reseed();
 	else if (trust_cpu)
-		_credit_init_bits(arch_bytes * 8);
+		_credit_init_bits(arch_bits);
 
 	return 0;
 }