diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index cbc22828fa1f..2728723fd634 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -863,30 +863,6 @@ static int crng_fast_load(const char *cp, size_t len)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-static void do_numa_crng_init(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct crng_state *crng;
-	struct crng_state **pool;
-
-	pool = kcalloc(nr_node_ids, sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOFAIL);
-	for_each_online_node(i) {
-		crng = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct crng_state),
-				    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL, i);
-		spin_lock_init(&crng->lock);
-		crng_initialize(crng);
-		pool[i] = crng;
-	}
-	/* pairs with READ_ONCE() in select_crng() */
-	if (cmpxchg_release(&crng_node_pool, NULL, pool) != NULL) {
-		for_each_node(i)
-			kfree(pool[i]);
-		kfree(pool);
-	}
-}
-
-static DECLARE_WORK(numa_crng_init_work, do_numa_crng_init);
-
 static struct crng_state *select_crng(void)
 {
 	struct crng_state **pool;