diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 092b31354cf3..3f6510e2db92 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1305,25 +1305,15 @@ static __poll_t random_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 static int write_pool(const char __user *buffer, size_t count)
 {
 	size_t bytes;
-	u32 t, buf[16];
+	u8 buf[BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE];
 	const char __user *p = buffer;
 
 	while (count > 0) {
-		int b, i = 0;
-
 		bytes = min(count, sizeof(buf));
-		if (copy_from_user(&buf, p, bytes))
+		if (copy_from_user(buf, p, bytes))
 			return -EFAULT;
-
-		for (b = bytes; b > 0; b -= sizeof(u32), i++) {
-			if (!arch_get_random_int(&t))
-				break;
-			buf[i] ^= t;
-		}
-
 		count -= bytes;
 		p += bytes;
-
 		mix_pool_bytes(buf, bytes);
 		cond_resched();
 	}