diff --git a/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c b/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c
index ecf07142..2f88b420 100644
--- a/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c
+++ b/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ rlong(void)
 			goto err; /* possibly unsupported by kernel */
 		}
 
-		if (rval == 0)
-			goto err;
-
 		off += (size_t)rc;
 	}