diff --git a/crypto/rng.c b/crypto/rng.c
index 1490d210f1a1..608d6ce1440a 100644
--- a/crypto/rng.c
+++ b/crypto/rng.c
@@ -34,22 +34,18 @@ int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
 	u8 *buf = NULL;
 	int err;
 
-	crypto_stats_get(alg);
 	if (!seed && slen) {
 		buf = kmalloc(slen, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!buf) {
-			crypto_alg_put(alg);
+		if (!buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 
 		err = get_random_bytes_wait(buf, slen);
-		if (err) {
-			crypto_alg_put(alg);
+		if (err)
 			goto out;
-		}
 		seed = buf;
 	}
 
+	crypto_stats_get(alg);
 	err = crypto_rng_alg(tfm)->seed(tfm, seed, slen);
 	crypto_stats_rng_seed(alg, err);
 out: