diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index d0da5d852d41e5588bb9bd192431a403a9696848..b583e53366306db870a0d61918156f41985f075e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1818,6 +1818,28 @@ unsigned int get_random_int(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_random_int);
 
+/*
+ * Same as get_random_int(), but returns unsigned long.
+ */
+unsigned long get_random_long(void)
+{
+	__u32 *hash;
+	unsigned long ret;
+
+	if (arch_get_random_long(&ret))
+		return ret;
+
+	hash = get_cpu_var(get_random_int_hash);
+
+	hash[0] += current->pid + jiffies + random_get_entropy();
+	md5_transform(hash, random_int_secret);
+	ret = *(unsigned long *)hash;
+	put_cpu_var(get_random_int_hash);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_random_long);
+
 /*
  * randomize_range() returns a start address such that
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index a75840c1aa71414acc43468da6cc8f83ec06c1b8..9c29122037f95283cc02b8af995975e80e059abd 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations random_fops, urandom_fops;
 #endif
 
 unsigned int get_random_int(void);
+unsigned long get_random_long(void);
 unsigned long randomize_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long len);
 
 u32 prandom_u32(void);