diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 87d188527ec9..aea780a987a0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -883,12 +883,13 @@ early_param("random.trust_bootloader", parse_trust_bootloader);
 
 /*
  * The first collection of entropy occurs at system boot while interrupts
- * are still turned off. Here we push in RDSEED, a timestamp, and utsname().
- * Depending on the above configuration knob, RDSEED may be considered
- * sufficient for initialization. Note that much earlier setup may already
- * have pushed entropy into the input pool by the time we get here.
+ * are still turned off. Here we push in latent entropy, RDSEED, a timestamp,
+ * utsname(), and the command line. Depending on the above configuration knob,
+ * RDSEED may be considered sufficient for initialization. Note that much
+ * earlier setup may already have pushed entropy into the input pool by the
+ * time we get here.
  */
-int __init rand_initialize(void)
+int __init random_init(const char *command_line)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	ktime_t now = ktime_get_real();
@@ -910,6 +911,8 @@ int __init rand_initialize(void)
 	}
 	_mix_pool_bytes(&now, sizeof(now));
 	_mix_pool_bytes(utsname(), sizeof(*(utsname())));
+	_mix_pool_bytes(command_line, strlen(command_line));
+	add_latent_entropy();
 
 	if (crng_ready())
 		crng_reseed();
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index d4abda9e2348..588e31dc10af 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -14,26 +14,24 @@ struct notifier_block;
 
 extern void add_device_randomness(const void *, size_t);
 extern void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *, size_t);
-
-#if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
-static inline void add_latent_entropy(void)
-{
-	add_device_randomness((const void *)&latent_entropy,
-			      sizeof(latent_entropy));
-}
-#else
-static inline void add_latent_entropy(void) {}
-#endif
-
 extern void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
 				 unsigned int value) __latent_entropy;
 extern void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq) __latent_entropy;
 extern void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const void *buffer, size_t count,
 				       size_t entropy);
 
+#if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
+static inline void add_latent_entropy(void)
+{
+	add_device_randomness((const void *)&latent_entropy, sizeof(latent_entropy));
+}
+#else
+static inline void add_latent_entropy(void) {}
+#endif
+
 extern void get_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes);
 extern int wait_for_random_bytes(void);
-extern int __init rand_initialize(void);
+extern int __init random_init(const char *command_line);
 extern bool rng_is_initialized(void);
 extern int register_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int unregister_random_ready_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 4bba32ea6d01..489a5aa7ba53 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -638,15 +638,11 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	/*
 	 * For best initial stack canary entropy, prepare it after:
 	 * - setup_arch() for any UEFI RNG entropy and boot cmdline access
-	 * - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in rand_initialize()
+	 * - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in random_init()
 	 * - time_init() for making random_get_entropy() work on some platforms
-	 * - rand_initialize() to get any arch-specific entropy like RDRAND
-	 * - add_latent_entropy() to get any latent entropy
-	 * - adding command line entropy
+	 * - random_init() to initialize the RNG from from early entropy sources
 	 */
-	rand_initialize();
-	add_latent_entropy();
-	add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
+	random_init(command_line);
 	boot_init_stack_canary();
 
 	perf_event_init();