diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 0118b9817a95..84cdf9025737 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_available, S_IRUGO,
 		   NULL);
 
 
-static void unregister_miscdev(void)
+static void unregister_miscdev(bool suspended)
 {
 	device_remove_file(rng_miscdev.this_device, &dev_attr_rng_available);
 	device_remove_file(rng_miscdev.this_device, &dev_attr_rng_current);
-	misc_deregister(&rng_miscdev);
+	__misc_deregister(&rng_miscdev, suspended);
 }
 
 static int register_miscdev(void)
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwrng_register);
 
-void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng)
+void __hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng, bool suspended)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng)
 		}
 	}
 	if (list_empty(&rng_list))
-		unregister_miscdev();
+		unregister_miscdev(suspended);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwrng_unregister);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hwrng_unregister);
 
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H/W Random Number Generator (RNG) driver");
diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h
index 85d11916e9ea..42131820bb89 100644
--- a/include/linux/hw_random.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ struct hwrng {
 /** Register a new Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */
 extern int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng);
 /** Unregister a Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */
-extern void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng);
+extern void __hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng, bool suspended);
+static inline void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng)
+{
+	__hwrng_unregister(rng, false);
+}
+static inline void hwrng_unregister_suspended(struct hwrng *rng)
+{
+	__hwrng_unregister(rng, true);
+}
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ */