diff --git a/drivers/hwinfo/hwinfo_nrf.c b/drivers/hwinfo/hwinfo_nrf.c
index d092f2a95ea..6c2822d8913 100644
--- a/drivers/hwinfo/hwinfo_nrf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwinfo/hwinfo_nrf.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <soc.h>
 #include <drivers/hwinfo.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <hal/nrf_ficr.h>
 
 struct nrf_uid {
 	u32_t id[2];
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ ssize_t z_impl_hwinfo_get_device_id(u8_t *buffer, size_t length)
 {
 	struct nrf_uid dev_id;
 
-	dev_id.id[0] = NRF_FICR->DEVICEID[0];
-	dev_id.id[1] = NRF_FICR->DEVICEID[1];
+	dev_id.id[0] = nrf_ficr_deviceid_get(NRF_FICR, 0);
+	dev_id.id[1] = nrf_ficr_deviceid_get(NRF_FICR, 1);
 
 	if (length > sizeof(dev_id.id)) {
 		length = sizeof(dev_id.id);