diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index d26891bfcd4154effba426421322ed053acb9d9b..c7afc068c28dcf6a64306754953682b0f9cfb70e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -559,7 +559,40 @@ struct timer_rand_state {
 };
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
-struct timer_rand_state *irq_timer_state[NR_IRQS];
+
+static struct timer_rand_state *irq_timer_state[NR_IRQS];
+
+static struct timer_rand_state *get_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	return irq_timer_state[irq];
+}
+
+static void set_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq,
+				 struct timer_rand_state *state)
+{
+	irq_timer_state[irq] = state;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static struct timer_rand_state *get_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
+
+	desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+
+	return desc->timer_rand_state;
+}
+
+static void set_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq,
+				 struct timer_rand_state *state)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
+
+	desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+
+	desc->timer_rand_state = state;
+}
 #endif
 
 static struct timer_rand_state input_timer_state;
@@ -919,11 +952,6 @@ void rand_initialize_irq(int irq)
 {
 	struct timer_rand_state *state;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
-	if (irq >= nr_irqs)
-		return;
-#endif
-
 	state = get_timer_rand_state(irq);
 
 	if (state)
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index adbf3bd3c6b3c8edea3e313a4abce0a736d02ebf..407ea3646f8f12f05a0410166f3ff2e6fa4a447e 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -45,56 +45,6 @@ struct rand_pool_info {
 
 extern void rand_initialize_irq(int irq);
 
-struct timer_rand_state;
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
-
-extern struct timer_rand_state *irq_timer_state[];
-
-static inline struct timer_rand_state *get_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	if (irq >= nr_irqs)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return irq_timer_state[irq];
-}
-
-static inline void set_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq, struct timer_rand_state *state)
-{
-	if (irq >= nr_irqs)
-		return;
-
-	irq_timer_state[irq] = state;
-}
-
-#else
-
-#include <linux/irq.h>
-static inline struct timer_rand_state *get_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	struct irq_desc *desc;
-
-	desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
-
-	if (!desc)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return desc->timer_rand_state;
-}
-
-static inline void set_timer_rand_state(unsigned int irq, struct timer_rand_state *state)
-{
-	struct irq_desc *desc;
-
-	desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
-
-	if (!desc)
-		return;
-
-	desc->timer_rand_state = state;
-}
-#endif
-
-
 extern void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
 				 unsigned int value);
 extern void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq);