diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 54086e9da05b..4de0feb69781 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ struct crng_state {
 
 static struct crng_state primary_crng = {
 	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(primary_crng.lock),
+	.state[0] = CHACHA_CONSTANT_EXPA,
+	.state[1] = CHACHA_CONSTANT_ND_3,
+	.state[2] = CHACHA_CONSTANT_2_BY,
+	.state[3] = CHACHA_CONSTANT_TE_K,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -823,7 +827,6 @@ static void crng_initialize_secondary(struct crng_state *crng)
 
 static void __init crng_initialize_primary(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
-	chacha_init_consts(crng->state);
 	_extract_entropy(&input_pool, &crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12, 0);
 	if (crng_init_try_arch_early(crng) && trust_cpu && crng_init < 2) {
 		invalidate_batched_entropy();
diff --git a/include/crypto/chacha.h b/include/crypto/chacha.h
index dabaee698718..b3ea73b81944 100644
--- a/include/crypto/chacha.h
+++ b/include/crypto/chacha.h
@@ -47,12 +47,19 @@ static inline void hchacha_block(const u32 *state, u32 *out, int nrounds)
 		hchacha_block_generic(state, out, nrounds);
 }
 
+enum chacha_constants { /* expand 32-byte k */
+	CHACHA_CONSTANT_EXPA = 0x61707865U,
+	CHACHA_CONSTANT_ND_3 = 0x3320646eU,
+	CHACHA_CONSTANT_2_BY = 0x79622d32U,
+	CHACHA_CONSTANT_TE_K = 0x6b206574U
+};
+
 static inline void chacha_init_consts(u32 *state)
 {
-	state[0]  = 0x61707865; /* "expa" */
-	state[1]  = 0x3320646e; /* "nd 3" */
-	state[2]  = 0x79622d32; /* "2-by" */
-	state[3]  = 0x6b206574; /* "te k" */
+	state[0]  = CHACHA_CONSTANT_EXPA;
+	state[1]  = CHACHA_CONSTANT_ND_3;
+	state[2]  = CHACHA_CONSTANT_2_BY;
+	state[3]  = CHACHA_CONSTANT_TE_K;
 }
 
 void chacha_init_arch(u32 *state, const u32 *key, const u8 *iv);