diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index 3d749abb9e80..1786f78bf4c5 100644
--- a/lib/random32.c
+++ b/lib/random32.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static inline void prandom_state_selftest(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, net_rand_state)  __latent_entropy;
 
 /**
  *	prandom_u32_state - seeded pseudo-random number generator.