diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/timeriomem_rng.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/timeriomem_rng.txt
index 214940093b55..fb4846160047 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/timeriomem_rng.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/timeriomem_rng.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Optional properties:
             which disables using this rng to automatically fill the kernel's
             entropy pool.
 
-N.B. currently 'reg' must be four bytes wide and aligned
+N.B. currently 'reg' must be at least four bytes wide and 32-bit aligned
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
index ccd1f6e0696b..e262445fed5f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ static int timeriomem_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!res)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	if (res->start % 4 != 0 || resource_size(res) != 4) {
+	if (res->start % 4 != 0 || resource_size(res) < 4) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-			"address must be four bytes wide and aligned\n");
+			"address must be at least four bytes wide and 32-bit aligned\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}