diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index d9e7274a04cd..a1eb7c947f46 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static struct bucket_table *bucket_table_alloc(struct rhashtable *ht,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tbl->walkers);
 
-	get_random_bytes(&tbl->hash_rnd, sizeof(tbl->hash_rnd));
+	tbl->hash_rnd = get_random_u32();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nbuckets; i++)
 		INIT_RHT_NULLS_HEAD(tbl->buckets[i], ht, i);