diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
index c7f9ebeebc2c..d2043ec3bf6d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/poll.h>
+#include <sys/random.h>
 #include <sys/sendfile.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -1125,15 +1126,11 @@ again:
 
 static void init_rng(void)
 {
-	int fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
 	unsigned int foo;
 
-	if (fd > 0) {
-		int ret = read(fd, &foo, sizeof(foo));
-
-		if (ret < 0)
-			srand(fd + foo);
-		close(fd);
+	if (getrandom(&foo, sizeof(foo), 0) == -1) {
+		perror("getrandom");
+		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	srand(foo);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c
index 8672d898f8cd..218aac467321 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/random.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -519,15 +520,11 @@ static int client(int unixfd)
 
 static void init_rng(void)
 {
-	int fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
 	unsigned int foo;
 
-	if (fd > 0) {
-		int ret = read(fd, &foo, sizeof(foo));
-
-		if (ret < 0)
-			srand(fd + foo);
-		close(fd);
+	if (getrandom(&foo, sizeof(foo), 0) == -1) {
+		perror("getrandom");
+		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	srand(foo);