diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 8258982b49ec..3495d6486b71 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1051,12 +1051,6 @@ random_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 				/* like a named pipe */
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we gave the user some bytes, update the access time.
-	 */
-	if (count)
-		file_accessed(file);
-
 	return (count ? count : retval);
 }
 
@@ -1116,8 +1110,6 @@ static ssize_t random_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	inode->i_mtime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return (ssize_t)count;
 }