diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index abeff7dc0b58..34b9e7876538 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -361,24 +361,6 @@ static void __init efi_debugfs_init(void)
 static inline void efi_debugfs_init(void) {}
 #endif
 
-static void refresh_nv_rng_seed(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	u8 seed[EFI_RANDOM_SEED_SIZE];
-
-	get_random_bytes(seed, sizeof(seed));
-	efi.set_variable(L"RandomSeed", &LINUX_EFI_RANDOM_SEED_TABLE_GUID,
-			 EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
-			 EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS, sizeof(seed), seed);
-	memzero_explicit(seed, sizeof(seed));
-}
-static int refresh_nv_rng_seed_notification(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *data)
-{
-	static DECLARE_WORK(work, refresh_nv_rng_seed);
-	schedule_work(&work);
-	return NOTIFY_DONE;
-}
-static struct notifier_block refresh_nv_rng_seed_nb = { .notifier_call = refresh_nv_rng_seed_notification };
-
 /*
  * We register the efi subsystem with the firmware subsystem and the
  * efivars subsystem with the efi subsystem, if the system was booted with
@@ -451,9 +433,6 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 		platform_device_register_simple("efi_secret", 0, NULL, 0);
 #endif
 
-	if (efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_SET_VARIABLE))
-		execute_with_initialized_rng(&refresh_nv_rng_seed_nb);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_remove_group: