diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index f81fd72b6692569575e4956d7ac6bd40ae60ac5e..c5f131d90473efd2b6373e451e889c7384b44577 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #define RNG_MODULE_NAME		"hw_random"
 #define PFX			RNG_MODULE_NAME ": "
-#define RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR	183 /* official */
 
 static struct hwrng *current_rng;
 static struct task_struct *hwrng_fill;
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ static const struct file_operations rng_chrdev_ops = {
 static const struct attribute_group *rng_dev_groups[];
 
 static struct miscdevice rng_miscdev = {
-	.minor		= RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR,
+	.minor		= HWRNG_MINOR,
 	.name		= RNG_MODULE_NAME,
 	.nodename	= "hwrng",
 	.fops		= &rng_chrdev_ops,
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index ed30d5d713e3400944e6247a7079ee4840a1ae94..5d81f739aa0a035112d79a85e74c211bf139e5ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define SGI_MMTIMER		153
 #define STORE_QUEUE_MINOR	155	/* unused */
 #define I2O_MINOR		166
+#define HWRNG_MINOR		183
 #define MICROCODE_MINOR		184
 #define IRNET_MINOR		187
 #define VFIO_MINOR		196