diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 561082d46a82..bf5f99fc36f1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1663,6 +1663,21 @@ int wait_for_random_bytes(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_random_bytes);
 
+/*
+ * Returns whether or not the urandom pool has been seeded and thus guaranteed
+ * to supply cryptographically secure random numbers. This applies to: the
+ * /dev/urandom device, the get_random_bytes function, and the get_random_{u32,
+ * ,u64,int,long} family of functions.
+ *
+ * Returns: true if the urandom pool has been seeded.
+ *          false if the urandom pool has not been seeded.
+ */
+bool rng_is_initialized(void)
+{
+	return crng_ready();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rng_is_initialized);
+
 /*
  * Add a callback function that will be invoked when the nonblocking
  * pool is initialised.
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index f1c9bc5cd231..445a0ea4ff49 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq, int irq_flags) __latent_entropy;
 
 extern void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes);
 extern int wait_for_random_bytes(void);
+extern bool rng_is_initialized(void);
 extern int add_random_ready_callback(struct random_ready_callback *rdy);
 extern void del_random_ready_callback(struct random_ready_callback *rdy);
 extern int __must_check get_random_bytes_arch(void *buf, int nbytes);