diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 8b8c46b5fd5c..159d0700f7d8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,18 @@ void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_random_bytes);
 
+/*
+ * Equivalent function to get_random_bytes with the difference that this
+ * function blocks the request until the nonblocking_pool is initialized.
+ */
+void get_blocking_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
+{
+	if (unlikely(nonblocking_pool.initialized == 0))
+		wait_event(urandom_init_wait, nonblocking_pool.initialized);
+	extract_entropy(&nonblocking_pool, buf, nbytes, 0, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_blocking_random_bytes);
+
 /*
  * This function will use the architecture-specific hardware random
  * number generator if it is available.  The arch-specific hw RNG will
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index b05856e16b75..796267d56901 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extern void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
 extern void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq, int irq_flags);
 
 extern void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes);
+extern void get_blocking_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes);
 extern void get_random_bytes_arch(void *buf, int nbytes);
 void generate_random_uuid(unsigned char uuid_out[16]);
 extern int random_int_secret_init(void);