diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/microwatt.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/microwatt.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..335417e95e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/microwatt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _MICROWATT_H
+#define _MICROWATT_H
+
+void microwatt_rng_init(void);
+
+#endif /* _MICROWATT_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/rng.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/rng.c
index 7bc4d1cbfaf0..8ece87d005c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/rng.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/rng.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/archrandom.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
+#include "microwatt.h"
 
 #define DARN_ERR 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFul
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ static int microwatt_get_random_darn(unsigned long *v)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static __init int rng_init(void)
+void __init microwatt_rng_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 	int i;
@@ -37,12 +38,7 @@ static __init int rng_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 		if (microwatt_get_random_darn(&val)) {
 			ppc_md.get_random_seed = microwatt_get_random_darn;
-			return 0;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
-
-	pr_warn("Unable to use DARN for get_random_seed()\n");
-
-	return -EIO;
 }
-machine_subsys_initcall(, rng_init);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/setup.c
index 0b02603bdb74..6b32539395a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/microwatt/setup.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <asm/xics.h>
 #include <asm/udbg.h>
 
+#include "microwatt.h"
+
 static void __init microwatt_init_IRQ(void)
 {
 	xics_init();
@@ -32,10 +34,16 @@ static int __init microwatt_populate(void)
 }
 machine_arch_initcall(microwatt, microwatt_populate);
 
+static void __init microwatt_setup_arch(void)
+{
+	microwatt_rng_init();
+}
+
 define_machine(microwatt) {
 	.name			= "microwatt",
 	.probe			= microwatt_probe,
 	.init_IRQ		= microwatt_init_IRQ,
+	.setup_arch		= microwatt_setup_arch,
 	.progress		= udbg_progress,
 	.calibrate_decr		= generic_calibrate_decr,
 };