diff --git a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
index 0b303fe3..fbddcd3e 100644
--- a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
+++ b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,8 @@ read_urandom(void)
 	if (fd < 0) {
 
 		fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
 
 		if (fd < 0)
 			return 16;