diff --git a/mysys/my_uuid.c b/mysys/my_uuid.c
index 3c3cd8836fc..79d89920085 100644
--- a/mysys/my_uuid.c
+++ b/mysys/my_uuid.c
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ void my_uuid_init(ulong seed1, ulong seed2)
       randominit() here.
     */
     /* purecov: begin inspected */
-    my_rnd_init(&uuid_rand, (ulong) (seed2+ now/2), (seed1 + now)+random());
+    my_rnd_init(&uuid_rand, (ulong) (seed2+ now/2), now+random());
     for (i=0; i < sizeof(mac); i++)
       mac[i]= (uchar)(my_rnd(&uuid_rand)*255);
-    /* purecov: end */    
+    /* purecov: end */
   }
-  my_rnd_init(&uuid_rand, (ulong) (seed1 + now),
-              (ulong) (now/2+ seed2 + getpid()));
+  my_rnd_init(&uuid_rand, (ulong) (seed1 + now), (ulong) (now/2+ getpid()));
   set_clock_seq();
   pthread_mutex_init(&LOCK_uuid_generator, MY_MUTEX_INIT_FAST);
 }
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index cf031c43ef5..080969d5765 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -3249,6 +3249,7 @@ static int init_server_components()
   my_rnd_init(&sql_rand,(ulong) server_start_time,(ulong) server_start_time/2);
   reset_floating_point_exceptions();
   init_thr_lock();
+  my_uuid_init(my_rnd(&sql_rand),12345);
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   init_slave_list();
 #endif