diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h
index 94e40c19cfc5..4d31eab9dba2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ typedef unsigned long cycles_t;
 // Temporary workaround until timex.h is cleaned up
 bool delay_read_timer(unsigned long *t);
 
-#define get_cycles()	({ cycles_t c; delay_read_timer(&c) ? 0 : c; })
+#define get_cycles()	({ cycles_t c; delay_read_timer(&c) ? c : 0; })
 #define random_get_entropy() (((unsigned long)get_cycles()) ?: random_get_entropy_fallback())
 
 #endif