diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index 82da4f4..4f9d5df 100644
--- a/lib/random32.c
+++ b/lib/random32.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	add_timer(&seed_timer);
 }
 
-static void prandom_start_seed_timer(void)
+static void __init __prandom_start_seed_timer(void)
 {
 	set_timer_slack(&seed_timer, HZ);
 	seed_timer.expires = jiffies + 40 * HZ;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 static int __init prandom_reseed(void)
 {
 	__prandom_reseed(false);
-	prandom_start_seed_timer();
+	__prandom_start_seed_timer();
 	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall(prandom_reseed);