diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic.h b/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic.h
index ab7b27f09f..e38cb14b44 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ get_nsec(void)
 }
 
 /* RNG buffer declaration */
-extern rng_buff_t rand_buff;
+extern rng_buff_t ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff;
 
 #ifndef container_of
 #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ( \
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@ extern rng_buff_t rand_buff;
 
 #if WANT_RECV_FRAG_DROPS > 0
 //#define FAKE_RECV_FRAG_DROP (rand() < WANT_RECV_FRAG_DROPS)
-#define FAKE_RECV_FRAG_DROP (opal_rand(&rand_buff) < WANT_RECV_FRAG_DROPS)
+#define FAKE_RECV_FRAG_DROP (opal_rand(&ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff) < WANT_RECV_FRAG_DROPS)
 #else
 #define FAKE_RECV_FRAG_DROP 0
 #endif
 
 #if WANT_FAIL_TO_SEND_ACK > 0
-#define FAKE_FAIL_TO_SEND_ACK (opal_rand(&rand_buff) < WANT_FAIL_TO_SEND_ACK)
+#define FAKE_FAIL_TO_SEND_ACK (opal_rand(&ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff) < WANT_FAIL_TO_SEND_ACK)
 #else
 #define FAKE_FAIL_TO_SEND_ACK 0
 #endif
 
 #if WANT_FAIL_TO_RESEND_FRAG > 0
-#define FAKE_FAIL_TO_RESEND_FRAG (opal_rand(&rand_buff) < WANT_FAIL_TO_RESEND_FRAG)
+#define FAKE_FAIL_TO_RESEND_FRAG (opal_rand(&ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff) < WANT_FAIL_TO_RESEND_FRAG)
 #else
 #define FAKE_FAIL_TO_RESEND_FRAG 0
 #endif
diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_component.c b/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_component.c
index 6d946cbfbe..d867bc9b6a 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_component.c
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@
 #define max(a,b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 
 /* RNG buffer definition */
-rng_buff_t rand_buff;
+rng_buff_t ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff;
 
 /* simulated clock */
 uint64_t ompi_btl_usnic_ticks = 0;
+
 static opal_event_t usnic_clock_timer_event;
 static bool usnic_clock_timer_event_set = false;
 static struct timeval usnic_clock_timeout;
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ static mca_btl_base_module_t **
 usnic_component_init(int* num_btl_modules, bool want_progress_threads,
                        bool want_mpi_threads);
 static int usnic_component_progress(void);
-static void seed_prng(void);
 static bool port_is_usnic(ompi_common_verbs_port_item_t *port);
 static int init_module_from_port(ompi_btl_usnic_module_t *module,
                                  ompi_common_verbs_port_item_t *port);
@@ -521,11 +521,8 @@ static mca_btl_base_module_t** usnic_component_init(int* num_btl_modules,
     mca_btl_usnic_component.my_hashed_rte_name = 
         ompi_rte_hash_name(&(ompi_proc_local()->proc_name));
 
-    /* JSL - I don't see lrand48 used anywhere in usnic
-    seed_prng();
-    */
+    opal_srand(&ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff, ((uint32_t) getpid()));
 
-    opal_srand(&rand_buff, ((uint32_t) getpid()));
     /* Find the ports that we want to use.  We do our own interface name
      * filtering below, so don't let the verbs code see our
      * if_include/if_exclude strings */
@@ -1119,16 +1116,6 @@ static int usnic_component_progress_2(void)
     return count;
 }
 
-static void seed_prng(void)
-{
-    unsigned short seedv[3];
-    seedv[0] = OMPI_PROC_MY_NAME->vpid;
-    seedv[1] = opal_timer_base_get_cycles();
-    usleep(1);
-    seedv[2] = opal_timer_base_get_cycles();
-    seed48(seedv);
-}
-
 static bool port_is_usnic(ompi_common_verbs_port_item_t *port)
 {
     bool is_usnic = false;
diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_module.c b/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_module.c
index 0214fe1d05..7f18a25214 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_module.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/usnic/btl_usnic_module.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2006      Sandia National Laboratories. All rights
  *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -1817,12 +1817,8 @@ get_initial_seq_no(void)
 {
     ompi_btl_usnic_seq_t isn;
     /* only utilize the bottom 62 bits to avoid hitting seq # overflow */
-    /* JSL 
-    isn = (((uint64_t)random() & ((1LL<<30)-1)) << 32) |
-        ((uint64_t)random() & ((1LL<<32)-1));
-    */
-    isn = (((uint64_t)opal_rand(&rand_buff) & ((1LL<<30)-1)) << 32) |
-        ((uint64_t)opal_rand(&rand_buff) & ((1LL<<32)-1));
+    isn = (((uint64_t)opal_rand(&ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff) & ((1LL<<30)-1)) << 32) |
+        ((uint64_t)opal_rand(&ompi_btl_usnic_rand_buff) & ((1LL<<32)-1));
     isn += 2;      /* guarantee > 1 */
 
     return isn;