diff --git a/src/pulsecore/random.c b/src/pulsecore/random.c
index 5deac37b2..da3810653 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/random.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/random.c
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ static int random_proper(void *ret_data, size_t length) {
 
         if (ret == 0)
             break;
+
+        device++;
     }
 
     return ret;