diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-random-utils.c b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-random-utils.c
index 8c364cb543..f622b28411 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-random-utils.c
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-random-utils.c
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ fd_open:
     }
 
     if (!urandom_success) {
-        static _nm_thread_local GRand *rand = NULL;
+        static _nm_thread_local GRand *rand_tls = NULL;
+        GRand *                        rand;
         gsize                          i;
         int                            j;
 
@@ -214,8 +215,10 @@ fd_open:
          */
         has_high_quality = FALSE;
 
+        rand = rand_tls;
         if (G_UNLIKELY(!rand)) {
-            rand = _rand_create_thread_local();
+            rand     = _rand_create_thread_local();
+            rand_tls = rand;
             nm_utils_thread_local_register_destroy(rand, (GDestroyNotify) g_rand_free);
         }