diff --git a/include/net/secure_seq.h b/include/net/secure_seq.h
index 6ca975b..c2e542b 100644
--- a/include/net/secure_seq.h
+++ b/include/net/secure_seq.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-extern void net_secret_init(void);
 extern __u32 secure_ip_id(__be32 daddr);
 extern __u32 secure_ipv6_id(const __be32 daddr[4]);
 extern u32 secure_ipv4_port_ephemeral(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr, __be16 dport);
diff --git a/net/core/secure_seq.c b/net/core/secure_seq.c
index 6a2f13c..3f1ec15 100644
--- a/net/core/secure_seq.c
+++ b/net/core/secure_seq.c
@@ -10,11 +10,24 @@
 
 #include <net/secure_seq.h>
 
-static u32 net_secret[MD5_MESSAGE_BYTES / 4] ____cacheline_aligned;
+#define NET_SECRET_SIZE (MD5_MESSAGE_BYTES / 4)
 
-void net_secret_init(void)
+static u32 net_secret[NET_SECRET_SIZE] ____cacheline_aligned;
+
+static void net_secret_init(void)
 {
-	get_random_bytes(net_secret, sizeof(net_secret));
+	u32 tmp;
+	int i;
+
+	if (likely(net_secret[0]))
+		return;
+
+	for (i = NET_SECRET_SIZE; i > 0;) {
+		do {
+			get_random_bytes(&tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+		} while (!tmp);
+		cmpxchg(&net_secret[--i], 0, tmp);
+	}
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@
 	u32 hash[MD5_DIGEST_WORDS];
 	u32 i;
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	memcpy(hash, saddr, 16);
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		secret[i] = net_secret[i] + (__force u32)daddr[i];
@@ -63,6 +77,7 @@
 	u32 hash[MD5_DIGEST_WORDS];
 	u32 i;
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	memcpy(hash, saddr, 16);
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		secret[i] = net_secret[i] + (__force u32) daddr[i];
@@ -82,6 +97,7 @@
 {
 	u32 hash[MD5_DIGEST_WORDS];
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	hash[0] = (__force __u32) daddr;
 	hash[1] = net_secret[13];
 	hash[2] = net_secret[14];
@@ -96,6 +112,7 @@
 {
 	__u32 hash[4];
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	memcpy(hash, daddr, 16);
 	md5_transform(hash, net_secret);
 
@@ -107,6 +124,7 @@
 {
 	u32 hash[MD5_DIGEST_WORDS];
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	hash[0] = (__force u32)saddr;
 	hash[1] = (__force u32)daddr;
 	hash[2] = ((__force u16)sport << 16) + (__force u16)dport;
@@ -121,6 +139,7 @@
 {
 	u32 hash[MD5_DIGEST_WORDS];
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	hash[0] = (__force u32)saddr;
 	hash[1] = (__force u32)daddr;
 	hash[2] = (__force u32)dport ^ net_secret[14];
@@ -140,6 +159,7 @@
 	u32 hash[MD5_DIGEST_WORDS];
 	u64 seq;
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	hash[0] = (__force u32)saddr;
 	hash[1] = (__force u32)daddr;
 	hash[2] = ((__force u16)sport << 16) + (__force u16)dport;
@@ -164,6 +184,7 @@
 	u64 seq;
 	u32 i;
 
+	net_secret_init();
 	memcpy(hash, saddr, 16);
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		secret[i] = net_secret[i] + daddr[i];
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 7a1874b..cfeb85c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -263,10 +263,8 @@
 		get_random_bytes(&rnd, sizeof(rnd));
 	} while (rnd == 0);
 
-	if (cmpxchg(&inet_ehash_secret, 0, rnd) == 0) {
+	if (cmpxchg(&inet_ehash_secret, 0, rnd) == 0)
 		get_random_bytes(&ipv6_hash_secret, sizeof(ipv6_hash_secret));
-		net_secret_init();
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_ehash_secret);