1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index ef40e5a06..d105029ff 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -1318,8 +1318,11 @@ static const char *get_local_var_value(const char *name)
                 return utoa(G.root_ppid);
         // bash compat: UID? EUID?
 #if ENABLE_HUSH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
-        if (strcmp(name, "RANDOM") == 0)
+        if (strcmp(name, "RANDOM") == 0) {
+                if (G.random_gen.galois_LFSR == 0)
+                        INIT_RANDOM_T(&G.random_gen, G.root_pid, monotonic_us());
                 return utoa(next_random(&G.random_gen));
+        }
 #endif
         return NULL;
 }
@@ -6605,9 +6608,6 @@ int hush_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         if (!G.root_pid) {
                                 G.root_pid = getpid();
                                 G.root_ppid = getppid();
-#if ENABLE_HUSH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
-                                INIT_RANDOM_T(&G.random_gen, G.root_pid, monotonic_us());
-#endif
                         }
                         G.global_argv = argv + optind;
                         G.global_argc = argc - optind;
@@ -6696,9 +6696,6 @@ int hush_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 G.root_pid = getpid();
                 G.root_ppid = getppid();
         }
-#if ENABLE_HUSH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
-        INIT_RANDOM_T(&G.random_gen, G.root_pid, monotonic_us());
-#endif
 
         /* If we are login shell... */
         if (argv[0] && argv[0][0] == '-') {