diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 116ebf50d791..884ec647f8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,13 @@ static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
 	return proc_dostring(&fake_table, 0, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
+/* The same as proc_dointvec, but writes don't change anything. */
+static int proc_do_rointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
+			    size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return write ? 0 : proc_dointvec(table, 0, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
 static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "poolsize",
@@ -1689,14 +1696,14 @@ static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_random_write_wakeup_bits,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_rointvec,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "urandom_min_reseed_secs",
 		.data		= &sysctl_random_min_urandom_seed,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_rointvec,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "boot_id",