diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
index f68cb00450e0c5b37d315fdd6bafabd79fb3b917..8f231c67dd516e3620e8b0b53203b736d8ee6521 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ config ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS
 config ATH9K_HWRNG
 	bool "Random number generator support"
 	depends on ATH9K && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = ATH9K)
-	default y
+	default n
 	---help---
 	  This option incorporates the ADC register output as a source of
 	  randomness into Linux entropy pool (/dev/urandom and /dev/random)