diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 4c0a12c9052b..382ff01aeb78 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ void rand_initialize_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const void *buffer, size_t count,
 				size_t entropy)
 {
-	if (unlikely(crng_init == 0)) {
+	if (unlikely(crng_init == 0 && entropy < POOL_MIN_BITS)) {
 		size_t ret = crng_pre_init_inject(buffer, count, true);
 		mix_pool_bytes(buffer, ret);
 		count -= ret;