diff --git a/sql/item_strfunc.cc b/sql/item_strfunc.cc
index 2eebe78929b..4397a11704c 100644
--- a/sql/item_strfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_strfunc.cc
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ String *Item_func_random_bytes::val_str(String *str)
     goto err;
 
   str->length(count);
-  if (!RAND_bytes((unsigned char *) str->ptr(), (int32) count))
+  if (my_random_bytes((unsigned char *) str->ptr(), (int32) count))
   {
     ulong ssl_err;
     while ((ssl_err= ERR_get_error()))