diff --git a/firmware/fw_base.S b/firmware/fw_base.S
index 043de7d7..5d6540d7 100644
--- a/firmware/fw_base.S
+++ b/firmware/fw_base.S
@@ -107,30 +107,6 @@ _bss_zero:
 	add	s4, s4, __SIZEOF_POINTER__
 	blt	s4, s5, _bss_zero
 
-	/* Trying to initialize the stack guard via the Zkr extension */
-	lla	t0, __stack_chk_guard_done
-	csrw	CSR_MTVEC, t0
-	li	t0, 0
-	li	t3, SEED_OPTS_ES16
-	li	t4, SEED_ENTROPY_MASK
-	li	t5, __SIZEOF_POINTER__
-__stack_chk_guard_loop:
-	csrrw	t1, CSR_SEED, x0
-	li	t2, SEED_OPTS_MASK
-	and	t2, t2, t1
-	bgtu	t2, t3, __stack_chk_guard_done
-	bltu	t2, t3, __stack_chk_guard_loop
-	and	t1, t1, t4
-	slli	t0, t0, 16
-	or	t0, t0, t1
-	addi	t5, t5, -2
-	bgtz	t5, __stack_chk_guard_loop
-	lla	t1, __stack_chk_guard
-	REG_S	t0, 0(t1)
-	j	__stack_chk_guard_done
-	.align 3
-__stack_chk_guard_done:
-
 	/* Setup temporary trap handler */
 	lla	s4, _start_hang
 	csrw	CSR_MTVEC, s4
@@ -895,14 +871,6 @@ __stack_chk_fail:
 	la	a0, .Lstack_corrupt_msg
 	call	sbi_panic
 
-	/* Initial value of the stack guard variable */
-	.section .data
-	.align 3
-	.globl __stack_chk_guard
-	.type __stack_chk_guard, %object
-__stack_chk_guard:
-	RISCV_PTR	0x95B5FF5A
-
 #ifdef FW_FDT_PATH
 	.section .rodata
 	.align 4
diff --git a/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c b/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c
index aae035e1..b248e73f 100644
--- a/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c
+++ b/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ static void wake_coldboot_harts(struct sbi_scratch *scratch)
 	__smp_store_release(&coldboot_done, 1);
 }
 
+unsigned long __stack_chk_guard = 0x95B5FF5A;
+
 static unsigned long entry_count_offset;
 static unsigned long init_count_offset;
 
@@ -269,6 +271,35 @@ static void __noreturn init_coldboot(struct sbi_scratch *scratch, u32 hartid)
 	if (rc)
 		sbi_hart_hang();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize stack guard via Zkr entropy source if Zkr is
+	 * implemented according to device tree. Writing new seed value
+	 * to __stack_chk_guard is safe here because function doesn't
+	 * return and no check against value on entry will be done.
+	 */
+	if (sbi_hart_has_extension(scratch, SBI_HART_EXT_ZKR)) {
+		unsigned long guard_val = 0;
+		int chunks = sizeof(unsigned long) / sizeof(uint16_t);
+		bool res = true;
+
+		while (chunks) {
+			unsigned long seed = csr_swap(CSR_SEED, 0);
+			unsigned long opst = seed & SEED_OPTS_MASK;
+
+			if (opst == SEED_OPTS_DEAD) {
+				res = false;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (opst == SEED_OPTS_ES16) {
+				guard_val = (guard_val << 16) | (seed & SEED_ENTROPY_MASK);
+				chunks--;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (res)
+			__stack_chk_guard = guard_val;
+	}
+
 	rc = sbi_timer_init(scratch, true);
 	if (rc)
 		sbi_hart_hang();