diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index d6977875c1b7..e568f32bc306 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -1019,14 +1019,17 @@ This is a directory, with the following entries:
 * ``poolsize``: the entropy pool size, in bits;
 
 * ``urandom_min_reseed_secs``: obsolete (used to determine the minimum
-  number of seconds between urandom pool reseeding).
+  number of seconds between urandom pool reseeding). This file is
+  writable for compatibility purposes, but writing to it has no effect
+  on any RNG behavior.
 
 * ``uuid``: a UUID generated every time this is retrieved (this can
   thus be used to generate UUIDs at will);
 
 * ``write_wakeup_threshold``: when the entropy count drops below this
   (as a number of bits), processes waiting to write to ``/dev/random``
-  are woken up.
+  are woken up. This file is writable for compatibility purposes, but
+  writing to it has no effect on any RNG behavior.
 
 If ``drivers/char/random.c`` is built with ``ADD_INTERRUPT_BENCH``
 defined, these additional entries are present:
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index f678620a25f8..6e8176f4a448 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -296,12 +296,6 @@ enum {
  */
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(random_write_wait);
 static struct fasync_struct *fasync;
-/*
- * If the entropy count falls under this number of bits, then we
- * should wake up processes which are selecting or polling on write
- * access to /dev/random.
- */
-static int random_write_wakeup_bits = POOL_MIN_BITS;
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(random_ready_list_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(random_ready_list);
@@ -739,10 +733,8 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, bool use_input_pool)
 				return;
 		} while (cmpxchg(&input_pool.entropy_count, entropy_count, 0) != entropy_count);
 		extract_entropy(buf.key, sizeof(buf.key));
-		if (random_write_wakeup_bits) {
-			wake_up_interruptible(&random_write_wait);
-			kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
-		}
+		wake_up_interruptible(&random_write_wait);
+		kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
 	} else {
 		_extract_crng(&primary_crng, buf.block);
 		_crng_backtrack_protect(&primary_crng, buf.block,
@@ -1471,7 +1463,7 @@ static __poll_t random_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	mask = 0;
 	if (crng_ready())
 		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
-	if (input_pool.entropy_count < random_write_wakeup_bits)
+	if (input_pool.entropy_count < POOL_MIN_BITS)
 		mask |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 	return mask;
 }
@@ -1556,7 +1548,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		 */
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
-		if (xchg(&input_pool.entropy_count, 0) && random_write_wakeup_bits) {
+		if (xchg(&input_pool.entropy_count, 0)) {
 			wake_up_interruptible(&random_write_wait);
 			kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
 		}
@@ -1636,9 +1628,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *, buf, size_t, count, unsigned int,
 
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
-static int min_write_thresh;
-static int max_write_thresh = POOL_BITS;
 static int random_min_urandom_seed = 60;
+static int random_write_wakeup_bits = POOL_MIN_BITS;
+static int sysctl_poolsize = POOL_BITS;
 static char sysctl_bootid[16];
 
 /*
@@ -1677,7 +1669,6 @@ static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
 	return proc_dostring(&fake_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
-static int sysctl_poolsize = POOL_BITS;
 extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
 struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 	{
@@ -1699,9 +1690,7 @@ struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 		.data		= &random_write_wakeup_bits,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &min_write_thresh,
-		.extra2		= &max_write_thresh,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "urandom_min_reseed_secs",
@@ -1882,13 +1871,13 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
 	}
 
 	/* Throttle writing if we're above the trickle threshold.
-	 * We'll be woken up again once below random_write_wakeup_thresh,
-	 * when the calling thread is about to terminate, or once
-	 * CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL has lapsed.
+	 * We'll be woken up again once below POOL_MIN_BITS, when
+	 * the calling thread is about to terminate, or once
+	 * CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL has elapsed.
 	 */
 	wait_event_interruptible_timeout(random_write_wait,
 			!system_wq || kthread_should_stop() ||
-			input_pool.entropy_count <= random_write_wakeup_bits,
+			input_pool.entropy_count < POOL_MIN_BITS,
 			CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL);
 	mix_pool_bytes(buffer, count);
 	credit_entropy_bits(entropy);