diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b411182df6f6..68613f0b6887 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1992,8 +1992,7 @@ static int proc_do_entropy(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
 }
 
 static int sysctl_poolsize = POOL_BITS;
-extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
-struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "poolsize",
 		.data		= &sysctl_poolsize,
@@ -2055,6 +2054,17 @@ struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 #endif
 	{ }
 };
+
+/*
+ * rand_initialize() is called before sysctl_init(),
+ * so we cannot call register_sysctl_init() in rand_initialize()
+ */
+static int __init random_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("kernel/random", random_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(random_sysctls_init);
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 struct batched_entropy {
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 3985e9c80155..fce05a060bc5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 
 extern struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[];
-extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5fc3ae16e995..67a5b04f2f84 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2144,11 +2144,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= sysctl_max_threads,
 	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "random",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= random_table,
-	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "usermodehelper",
 		.mode		= 0555,