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diff --git a/shell/random.c b/shell/random.c
index cca9d120d..7f5821cbc 100644
--- a/shell/random.c
+++ b/shell/random.c
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ next_random(random_t *rnd)
uint32_t t;
+ if (UNINITED_RANDOM_T(rnd)) {
+ /* Can use monotonic_ns() for better randomness but for now
+ * it is not used anywhere else in busybox... so avoid bloat
+ */
+ INIT_RANDOM_T(rnd, getpid(), monotonic_us());
+ }
+
/* LCG has period of 2^32 and alternating lowest bit */
rnd->LCG = 1664525 * rnd->LCG + 1013904223;
/* Galois LFSR has period of 2^32-1 = 3 * 5 * 17 * 257 * 65537 */