diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S
index 871f4c858859..2fa6cefa62ca 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ _start:
 	 * Start the TTCR as early as possible, so that the RNG can make use of
 	 * measurements of boot time from the earliest opportunity. Especially
 	 * important is that the TTCR does not return zero by the time we reach
-	 * rand_initialize().
+	 * random_init().
 	 */
 	l.movhi r3,hi(SPR_TTMR_CR)
 	l.mtspr r0,r3,SPR_TTMR
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 9024aeba2d28..95982dc08669 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -919,12 +919,13 @@ static struct notifier_block pm_notifier = { .notifier_call = random_pm_notifica
 
 /*
  * The first collection of entropy occurs at system boot while interrupts
- * are still turned off. Here we push in RDSEED, a timestamp, and utsname().
- * Depending on the above configuration knob, RDSEED may be considered
- * sufficient for initialization. Note that much earlier setup may already
- * have pushed entropy into the input pool by the time we get here.
+ * are still turned off. Here we push in latent entropy, RDSEED, a timestamp,
+ * utsname(), and the command line. Depending on the above configuration knob,
+ * RDSEED may be considered sufficient for initialization. Note that much
+ * earlier setup may already have pushed entropy into the input pool by the
+ * time we get here.
  */
-int __init rand_initialize(void)
+int __init random_init(const char *command_line)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	ktime_t now = ktime_get_real();
@@ -946,6 +947,8 @@ int __init rand_initialize(void)
 	}
 	_mix_pool_bytes(&now, sizeof(now));
 	_mix_pool_bytes(utsname(), sizeof(*(utsname())));
+	_mix_pool_bytes(command_line, strlen(command_line));
+	add_latent_entropy();
 
 	if (crng_ready())
 		crng_reseed();
@@ -1685,8 +1688,8 @@ static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 };
 
 /*
- * rand_initialize() is called before sysctl_init(),
- * so we cannot call register_sysctl_init() in rand_initialize()
+ * random_init() is called before sysctl_init(),
+ * so we cannot call register_sysctl_init() in random_init()
  */
 static int __init random_sysctls_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index f673fbb838b3..b52963955a99 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -14,22 +14,21 @@ struct notifier_block;
 
 extern void add_device_randomness(const void *, size_t);
 extern void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *, size_t);
-
-#if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
-static inline void add_latent_entropy(void)
-{
-	add_device_randomness((const void *)&latent_entropy,
-			      sizeof(latent_entropy));
-}
-#else
-static inline void add_latent_entropy(void) {}
-#endif
-
 extern void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
 				 unsigned int value) __latent_entropy;
 extern void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq) __latent_entropy;
 extern void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const void *buffer, size_t count,
 				       size_t entropy);
+
+#if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
+static inline void add_latent_entropy(void)
+{
+	add_device_randomness((const void *)&latent_entropy, sizeof(latent_entropy));
+}
+#else
+static inline void add_latent_entropy(void) {}
+#endif
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMGENID)
 extern void add_vmfork_randomness(const void *unique_vm_id, size_t size);
 extern int register_random_vmfork_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ static inline int unregister_random_vmfork_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) {
 
 extern void get_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes);
 extern int wait_for_random_bytes(void);
-extern int __init rand_initialize(void);
+extern int __init random_init(const char *command_line);
 extern bool rng_is_initialized(void);
 extern int register_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int unregister_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 92783732a36f..f057c49f1d9d 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1040,15 +1040,11 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
 	/*
 	 * For best initial stack canary entropy, prepare it after:
 	 * - setup_arch() for any UEFI RNG entropy and boot cmdline access
-	 * - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in rand_initialize()
+	 * - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in random_init()
 	 * - time_init() for making random_get_entropy() work on some platforms
-	 * - rand_initialize() to get any arch-specific entropy like RDRAND
-	 * - add_latent_entropy() to get any latent entropy
-	 * - adding command line entropy
+	 * - random_init() to initialize the RNG from from early entropy sources
 	 */
-	rand_initialize();
-	add_latent_entropy();
-	add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
+	random_init(command_line);
 	boot_init_stack_canary();
 
 	perf_event_init();