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diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index df1ff803acc4..026ac01af9da 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -1742,6 +1743,13 @@ void update_process_times(int user_tick)
scheduler_tick();
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS))
run_posix_cpu_timers();
+
+ /* The current CPU might make use of net randoms without receiving IRQs
+ * to renew them often enough. Let's update the net_rand_state from a
+ * non-constant value that's not affine to the number of calls to make
+ * sure it's updated when there's some activity (we don't care in idle).
+ */
+ this_cpu_add(net_rand_state.s1, rol32(jiffies, 24) + user_tick);
}
/**