diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/soc.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/soc.h
index a5ccf765c..e4a040f23 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/soc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/soc.h
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ bool nvgpu_is_soc_t194_a01(struct gk20a *g);
 int nvgpu_init_soc_vars(struct gk20a *g);
 void nvgpu_delay_usecs(unsigned int usecs);
 u64 nvgpu_us_counter(void);
+u64 nvgpu_get_cycles(void);
 #endif /* NVGPU_SOC_H */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/soc.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/soc.c
index 4b955188f..a5d41cc7c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/soc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/soc.c
@@ -61,3 +61,8 @@ u64 nvgpu_us_counter(void)
 {
 	return (u64)nvgpu_current_time_us();
 }
+
+u64 nvgpu_get_cycles(void)
+{
+	return (u64)nvgpu_current_time_us();
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c
index 4f006899a..d4fb601bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c
@@ -249,11 +249,7 @@ s64 nvgpu_current_time_ns(void)
 
 u64 nvgpu_hr_timestamp(void)
 {
-	s64 count;
-
-	count = nvgpu_current_time_us();
-
-	return nvgpu_safe_cast_s64_to_u64(count);
+	return nvgpu_get_cycles();
 }
 
 u64 nvgpu_hr_timestamp_us(void)