diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 21166188b7e19..9d4e1907e4b11 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2298,6 +2298,7 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
 
 	if (unlikely(crng_init == 0)) {
 		size_t ret = crng_fast_load(buffer, count);
+		mix_pool_bytes(poolp, buffer, ret);
 		count -= ret;
 		buffer += ret;
 		if (!count || crng_init == 0)