diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 60179752b908..0b20f2859253 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -801,6 +801,24 @@ static bool crng_init_try_arch(struct crng_state *crng)
 	return arch_init;
 }
 
+static bool __init crng_init_try_arch_early(struct crng_state *crng)
+{
+	int		i;
+	bool		arch_init = true;
+	unsigned long	rv;
+
+	for (i = 4; i < 16; i++) {
+		if (!arch_get_random_seed_long_early(&rv) &&
+		    !arch_get_random_long_early(&rv)) {
+			rv = random_get_entropy();
+			arch_init = false;
+		}
+		crng->state[i] ^= rv;
+	}
+
+	return arch_init;
+}
+
 static void __maybe_unused crng_initialize_secondary(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	memcpy(&crng->state[0], "expand 32-byte k", 16);
@@ -815,7 +833,7 @@ static void __init crng_initialize_primary(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	memcpy(&crng->state[0], "expand 32-byte k", 16);
 	_extract_entropy(&input_pool, &crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12, 0);
-	if (crng_init_try_arch(crng) && trust_cpu) {
+	if (crng_init_try_arch_early(crng) && trust_cpu) {
 		invalidate_batched_entropy();
 		numa_crng_init();
 		crng_init = 2;
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index 44ff8889d457..7e423c6db317 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_RANDOM_H
 #define _LINUX_RANDOM_H
 
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/once.h>
 
@@ -114,4 +116,24 @@ static inline bool __must_check arch_get_random_seed_int(unsigned int *v)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Called from the boot CPU during startup; not valid to call once
+ * secondary CPUs are up and preemption is possible.
+ */
+#ifndef arch_get_random_seed_long_early
+static inline bool __init arch_get_random_seed_long_early(unsigned long *v)
+{
+	WARN_ON(system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING);
+	return arch_get_random_seed_long(v);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef arch_get_random_long_early
+static inline bool __init arch_get_random_long_early(unsigned long *v)
+{
+	WARN_ON(system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING);
+	return arch_get_random_long(v);
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_RANDOM_H */