diff --git a/drivers/crypto/fsl/jr.c b/drivers/crypto/fsl/jr.c
index aa527ec954..35606688af 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/fsl/jr.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/fsl/jr.c
@@ -408,8 +408,17 @@ static void kick_trng(int ent_delay)
 	sec_out32(&rng->rtfreqmin, ent_delay >> 2);
 	/* disable maximum frequency count */
 	sec_out32(&rng->rtfreqmax, RTFRQMAX_DISABLE);
+	/* read the control register */
+	val = sec_in32(&rng->rtmctl);
+	/*
+	 * select raw sampling in both entropy shifter
+	 * and statistical checker
+	 */
+	sec_setbits32(&val, RTMCTL_SAMP_MODE_RAW_ES_SC);
 	/* put RNG4 into run mode */
-	sec_clrbits32(&rng->rtmctl, RTMCTL_PRGM);
+	sec_clrbits32(&val, RTMCTL_PRGM);
+	/* write back the control register */
+	sec_out32(&rng->rtmctl, val);
 }
 
 static int rng_init(void)
diff --git a/include/fsl_sec.h b/include/fsl_sec.h
index c84b6ad8d8..672bcef2f3 100644
--- a/include/fsl_sec.h
+++ b/include/fsl_sec.h
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
 /* RNG4 TRNG test registers */
 struct rng4tst {
 #define RTMCTL_PRGM 0x00010000	/* 1 -> program mode, 0 -> run mode */
+#define RTMCTL_SAMP_MODE_VON_NEUMANN_ES_SC     0 /* use von Neumann data in
+						    both entropy shifter and
+						    statistical checker */
+#define RTMCTL_SAMP_MODE_RAW_ES_SC             1 /* use raw data in both
+						    entropy shifter and
+						    statistical checker */
+#define RTMCTL_SAMP_MODE_VON_NEUMANN_ES_RAW_SC 2 /* use von Neumann data in
+						    entropy shifter, raw data
+						    in statistical checker */
+#define RTMCTL_SAMP_MODE_INVALID               3 /* invalid combination */
 	u32 rtmctl;		/* misc. control register */
 	u32 rtscmisc;		/* statistical check misc. register */
 	u32 rtpkrrng;		/* poker range register */