diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index a38d97a..0894d86 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@
 	unsigned dont_count_entropy:1;
 };
 
+#define INIT_TIMER_RAND_STATE { INITIAL_JIFFIES, };
+
 /*
  * Add device- or boot-specific data to the input and nonblocking
  * pools to help initialize them to unique values.
@@ -750,7 +752,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_device_randomness);
 
-static struct timer_rand_state input_timer_state;
+static struct timer_rand_state input_timer_state = INIT_TIMER_RAND_STATE;
 
 /*
  * This function adds entropy to the entropy "pool" by using timing
@@ -1267,8 +1269,10 @@
 	 * source.
 	 */
 	state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct timer_rand_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (state)
+	if (state) {
+		state->last_time = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 		disk->random = state;
+	}
 }
 #endif