diff --git a/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh b/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
index 4a50dc30d8..ff647ac5f3 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ _WITH_LIBTEAM="$_TRUE"
 _WITH_DOCS="$_TRUE"
 _WITH_SYSTEMD_LOGIND="$_TRUE"
 
+if [ "$NMTST_SEED_RAND" != "" ]; then
+    export NMTST_SEED_RAND=
+fi
+
 case "$CI" in
     ""|"true"|"default"|"gitlab")
         CI=default