diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/kaslr_booke.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/kaslr_booke.c
index 4c74e8a5482b..c555ad9fa00b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/kaslr_booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/kaslr_booke.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/kdump.h>
 #include <mm/mmu_decl.h>
-#include <generated/compile.h>
 #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 
 struct regions {
@@ -36,10 +35,6 @@ struct regions {
 	int reserved_mem_size_cells;
 };
 
-/* Simplified build-specific string for starting entropy. */
-static const char build_str[] = UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
-		LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION;
-
 struct regions __initdata regions;
 
 static __init void kaslr_get_cmdline(void *fdt)
@@ -72,7 +67,8 @@ static unsigned long __init get_boot_seed(void *fdt)
 {
 	unsigned long hash = 0;
 
-	hash = rotate_xor(hash, build_str, sizeof(build_str));
+	/* build-specific string for starting entropy. */
+	hash = rotate_xor(hash, linux_banner, strlen(linux_banner));
 	hash = rotate_xor(hash, fdt, fdt_totalsize(fdt));
 
 	return hash;