diff --git a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
index 4fd02831beed..26ab58665f77 100644
--- a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
+++ b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
@@ -611,7 +611,11 @@ struct ceph_client *ceph_create_client(struct ceph_options *opt, void *private)
 {
 	struct ceph_client *client;
 	struct ceph_entity_addr *myaddr = NULL;
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	int err;
+
+	err = wait_for_random_bytes();
+	if (err < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 	client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (client == NULL)