diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index c140c0d91..9ea69f934 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -52864,7 +52864,7 @@ int wolfSSL_BN_rand_range(WOLFSSL_BIGNUM *r, const WOLFSSL_BIGNUM *range)
                 return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;
             }
             iter++;
-            if (wolfSSL_BN_rand(r, n, 0, 0) == WOLFSSL_FAILURE) {
+            if (wolfSSL_BN_pseudo_rand(r, n, -1, 0) == WOLFSSL_FAILURE) {
                 WOLFSSL_MSG("wolfSSL_BN_rand error");
                 return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;
             }