diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/timex.h
index 2f2abb28ec2f..9c9b50599ea3 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@
 typedef unsigned long cycles_t;
 
 extern cycles_t get_cycles(void);
+#define get_cycles get_cycles
+
+#define random_get_entropy() (((unsigned long)get_cycles()) ?: random_get_entropy_fallback())
 
 #endif