diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index a385fc1da1cb..8ff28c14af7e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2358,11 +2358,11 @@ struct batched_entropy {
 
 /*
  * Get a random word for internal kernel use only. The quality of the random
- * number is either as good as RDRAND or as good as /dev/urandom, with the
- * goal of being quite fast and not depleting entropy. In order to ensure
+ * number is good as /dev/urandom, but there is no backtrack protection, with
+ * the goal of being quite fast and not depleting entropy. In order to ensure
  * that the randomness provided by this function is okay, the function
- * wait_for_random_bytes() should be called and return 0 at least once
- * at any point prior.
+ * wait_for_random_bytes() should be called and return 0 at least once at any
+ * point prior.
  */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct batched_entropy, batched_entropy_u64) = {
 	.batch_lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(batched_entropy_u64.lock),
@@ -2375,15 +2375,6 @@ u64 get_random_u64(void)
 	struct batched_entropy *batch;
 	static void *previous;
 
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
-	if (arch_get_random_long((unsigned long *)&ret))
-		return ret;
-#else
-	if (arch_get_random_long((unsigned long *)&ret) &&
-	    arch_get_random_long((unsigned long *)&ret + 1))
-	    return ret;
-#endif
-
 	warn_unseeded_randomness(&previous);
 
 	batch = raw_cpu_ptr(&batched_entropy_u64);
@@ -2408,9 +2399,6 @@ u32 get_random_u32(void)
 	struct batched_entropy *batch;
 	static void *previous;
 
-	if (arch_get_random_int(&ret))
-		return ret;
-
 	warn_unseeded_randomness(&previous);
 
 	batch = raw_cpu_ptr(&batched_entropy_u32);