diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 884ec647f8fe..bc7a91a16923 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ static int crng_init = 0;
 /* Various types of waiters for crng_init->2 transition. */
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(crng_init_wait);
 static struct fasync_struct *fasync;
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(random_ready_list_lock);
-static LIST_HEAD(random_ready_list);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(random_ready_chain_lock);
+static RAW_NOTIFIER_HEAD(random_ready_chain);
 
 /* Control how we warn userspace. */
 static struct ratelimit_state unseeded_warning =
@@ -147,72 +147,43 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_random_bytes);
  *
  * returns: 0 if callback is successfully added
  *	    -EALREADY if pool is already initialised (callback not called)
- *	    -ENOENT if module for callback is not alive
  */
-int add_random_ready_callback(struct random_ready_callback *rdy)
+int register_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
-	struct module *owner;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int err = -EALREADY;
+	int ret = -EALREADY;
 
 	if (crng_ready())
-		return err;
+		return ret;
 
-	owner = rdy->owner;
-	if (!try_module_get(owner))
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&random_ready_list_lock, flags);
-	if (crng_ready())
-		goto out;
-
-	owner = NULL;
-
-	list_add(&rdy->list, &random_ready_list);
-	err = 0;
-
-out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&random_ready_list_lock, flags);
-
-	module_put(owner);
-
-	return err;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&random_ready_chain_lock, flags);
+	if (!crng_ready())
+		ret = raw_notifier_chain_register(&random_ready_chain, nb);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&random_ready_chain_lock, flags);
+	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_random_ready_callback);
 
 /*
  * Delete a previously registered readiness callback function.
  */
-void del_random_ready_callback(struct random_ready_callback *rdy)
+int unregister_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct module *owner = NULL;
+	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&random_ready_list_lock, flags);
-	if (!list_empty(&rdy->list)) {
-		list_del_init(&rdy->list);
-		owner = rdy->owner;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&random_ready_list_lock, flags);
-
-	module_put(owner);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&random_ready_chain_lock, flags);
+	ret = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&random_ready_chain, nb);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&random_ready_chain_lock, flags);
+	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_random_ready_callback);
 
 static void process_random_ready_list(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct random_ready_callback *rdy, *tmp;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&random_ready_list_lock, flags);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(rdy, tmp, &random_ready_list, list) {
-		struct module *owner = rdy->owner;
-
-		list_del_init(&rdy->list);
-		rdy->func(rdy);
-		module_put(owner);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&random_ready_list_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&random_ready_chain_lock, flags);
+	raw_notifier_call_chain(&random_ready_chain, 0, NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&random_ready_chain_lock, flags);
 }
 
 #define warn_unseeded_randomness(previous) \
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index 6148b8d1ccf3..d4abda9e2348 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/random.h>
 
-struct random_ready_callback {
-	struct list_head list;
-	void (*func)(struct random_ready_callback *rdy);
-	struct module *owner;
-};
+struct notifier_block;
 
 extern void add_device_randomness(const void *, size_t);
 extern void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *, size_t);
@@ -39,8 +35,8 @@ extern void get_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes);
 extern int wait_for_random_bytes(void);
 extern int __init rand_initialize(void);
 extern bool rng_is_initialized(void);
-extern int add_random_ready_callback(struct random_ready_callback *rdy);
-extern void del_random_ready_callback(struct random_ready_callback *rdy);
+extern int register_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+extern int unregister_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern size_t __must_check get_random_bytes_arch(void *buf, size_t nbytes);
 
 #ifndef MODULE
diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index 3c19820796d0..976632003ec6 100644
--- a/lib/random32.c
+++ b/lib/random32.c
@@ -551,9 +551,11 @@ static void prandom_reseed(struct timer_list *unused)
  * To avoid worrying about whether it's safe to delay that interrupt
  * long enough to seed all CPUs, just schedule an immediate timer event.
  */
-static void prandom_timer_start(struct random_ready_callback *unused)
+static int prandom_timer_start(struct notifier_block *nb,
+			       unsigned long action, void *data)
 {
 	mod_timer(&seed_timer, jiffies);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RANDOM32_SELFTEST
@@ -617,13 +619,13 @@ core_initcall(prandom32_state_selftest);
  */
 static int __init prandom_init_late(void)
 {
-	static struct random_ready_callback random_ready = {
-		.func = prandom_timer_start
+	static struct notifier_block random_ready = {
+		.notifier_call = prandom_timer_start
 	};
-	int ret = add_random_ready_callback(&random_ready);
+	int ret = register_random_ready_notifier(&random_ready);
 
 	if (ret == -EALREADY) {
-		prandom_timer_start(&random_ready);
+		prandom_timer_start(&random_ready, 0, NULL);
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index fbf261bbea95..35cc358f8dae 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -762,14 +762,16 @@ static void enable_ptr_key_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(enable_ptr_key_work, enable_ptr_key_workfn);
 
-static void fill_random_ptr_key(struct random_ready_callback *unused)
+static int fill_random_ptr_key(struct notifier_block *nb,
+			       unsigned long action, void *data)
 {
 	/* This may be in an interrupt handler. */
 	queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &enable_ptr_key_work);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct random_ready_callback random_ready = {
-	.func = fill_random_ptr_key
+static struct notifier_block random_ready = {
+	.notifier_call = fill_random_ptr_key
 };
 
 static int __init initialize_ptr_random(void)
@@ -783,7 +785,7 @@ static int __init initialize_ptr_random(void)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = add_random_ready_callback(&random_ready);
+	ret = register_random_ready_notifier(&random_ready);
 	if (!ret) {
 		return 0;
 	} else if (ret == -EALREADY) {