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diff --git a/Src/Modules/mathfunc.c b/Src/Modules/mathfunc.c
index 4d58745e8..f6d437ff9 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/mathfunc.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/mathfunc.c
@@ -534,6 +534,13 @@ math_string(UNUSED(char *name), char *arg, int id)
seedbufptr[0] = (unsigned short)rand();
seedbufptr[1] = (unsigned short)rand();
seedbufptr[2] = (unsigned short)rand();
+ /*
+ * Some implementations of rand48() need initialization.
+ * This is likely to be harmless elsewhere, since
+ * according to the documentation erand48() normally
+ * doesn't look at the seed set in this way.
+ */
+ (void)seed48(seedbufptr);
}
ret.type = MN_FLOAT;
ret.u.d = erand48(seedbufptr);