diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 63e19ba56bbe..6035ab8d5ef7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 		if (!arch_get_random_long(&v))
 			break;
 		
-		memcpy(buf, &v, chunk);
+		memcpy(p, &v, chunk);
 		p += chunk;
 		nbytes -= chunk;
 	}