diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/timex.h
index 8026baf46e72..2e107886f97a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -76,25 +76,24 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 	else
 		return 0;	/* no usable counter */
 }
+#define get_cycles get_cycles
 
 /*
  * Like get_cycles - but where c0_count is not available we desperately
  * use c0_random in an attempt to get at least a little bit of entropy.
- *
- * R6000 and R6000A neither have a count register nor a random register.
- * That leaves no entropy source in the CPU itself.
  */
 static inline unsigned long random_get_entropy(void)
 {
-	unsigned int prid = read_c0_prid();
-	unsigned int imp = prid & PRID_IMP_MASK;
+	unsigned int c0_random;
 
-	if (can_use_mips_counter(prid))
+	if (can_use_mips_counter(read_c0_prid()))
 		return read_c0_count();
-	else if (likely(imp != PRID_IMP_R6000 && imp != PRID_IMP_R6000A))
-		return read_c0_random();
+
+	if (cpu_has_3kex)
+		c0_random = (read_c0_random() >> 8) & 0x3f;
 	else
-		return 0;	/* no usable register */
+		c0_random = read_c0_random() & 0x3f;
+	return (random_get_entropy_fallback() << 6) | (0x3f - c0_random);
 }
 #define random_get_entropy random_get_entropy