diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 904ba49a91589..8c94380e7a463 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ static struct crng_state primary_crng = {
  * its value (from 0->1->2).
  */
 static int crng_init = 0;
+static bool crng_need_final_init = false;
 #define crng_ready() (likely(crng_init > 1))
 static int crng_init_cnt = 0;
 static unsigned long crng_global_init_time = 0;
@@ -838,6 +839,36 @@ static void __init crng_initialize_primary(struct crng_state *crng)
 	crng->init_time = jiffies - CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL - 1;
 }
 
+static void crng_finalize_init(struct crng_state *crng)
+{
+	if (crng != &primary_crng || crng_init >= 2)
+		return;
+	if (!system_wq) {
+		/* We can't call numa_crng_init until we have workqueues,
+		 * so mark this for processing later. */
+		crng_need_final_init = true;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	invalidate_batched_entropy();
+	numa_crng_init();
+	crng_init = 2;
+	process_random_ready_list();
+	wake_up_interruptible(&crng_init_wait);
+	kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+	pr_notice("crng init done\n");
+	if (unseeded_warning.missed) {
+		pr_notice("%d get_random_xx warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n",
+			  unseeded_warning.missed);
+		unseeded_warning.missed = 0;
+	}
+	if (urandom_warning.missed) {
+		pr_notice("%d urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n",
+			  urandom_warning.missed);
+		urandom_warning.missed = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static void do_numa_crng_init(struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -992,25 +1023,7 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 	memzero_explicit(&buf, sizeof(buf));
 	WRITE_ONCE(crng->init_time, jiffies);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crng->lock, flags);
-	if (crng == &primary_crng && crng_init < 2) {
-		invalidate_batched_entropy();
-		numa_crng_init();
-		crng_init = 2;
-		process_random_ready_list();
-		wake_up_interruptible(&crng_init_wait);
-		kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
-		pr_notice("crng init done\n");
-		if (unseeded_warning.missed) {
-			pr_notice("%d get_random_xx warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n",
-				  unseeded_warning.missed);
-			unseeded_warning.missed = 0;
-		}
-		if (urandom_warning.missed) {
-			pr_notice("%d urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n",
-				  urandom_warning.missed);
-			urandom_warning.missed = 0;
-		}
-	}
+	crng_finalize_init(crng);
 }
 
 static void _extract_crng(struct crng_state *crng,
@@ -1804,6 +1817,8 @@ static void __init init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
 int __init rand_initialize(void)
 {
 	init_std_data(&input_pool);
+	if (crng_need_final_init)
+		crng_finalize_init(&primary_crng);
 	crng_initialize_primary(&primary_crng);
 	crng_global_init_time = jiffies;
 	if (ratelimit_disable) {
@@ -2312,7 +2327,8 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
 	 * We'll be woken up again once below random_write_wakeup_thresh,
 	 * or when the calling thread is about to terminate.
 	 */
-	wait_event_interruptible(random_write_wait, kthread_should_stop() ||
+	wait_event_interruptible(random_write_wait,
+			!system_wq || kthread_should_stop() ||
 			ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) <= random_write_wakeup_bits);
 	mix_pool_bytes(poolp, buffer, count);
 	credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy);