diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/random b/src/initscripts/init.d/random
index 26c64e3b3..57aef99d4 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/random
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/random
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ case "$1" in
 			/bin/cat /var/tmp/random-seed >/dev/urandom
 		fi
 		/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/tmp/random-seed \
-			count=1 &>/dev/null
+			count=4 &>/dev/null
 		evaluate_retval
 		;;
 
 	stop)
 		boot_mesg "Saving random seed..."
 		/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/tmp/random-seed \
-			count=1 &>/dev/null
+			count=4 &>/dev/null
 		evaluate_retval
 		;;