diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 53e822793d463..28b110cd39775 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1609,8 +1609,9 @@ static void _warn_unseeded_randomness(const char *func_name, void *caller,
 	print_once = true;
 #endif
 	if (__ratelimit(&unseeded_warning))
-		pr_notice("random: %s called from %pS with crng_init=%d\n",
-			  func_name, caller, crng_init);
+		printk_deferred(KERN_NOTICE "random: %s called from %pS "
+				"with crng_init=%d\n", func_name, caller,
+				crng_init);
 }
 
 /*