diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 34d71483ef598818f5ae5a8af553e2dd4311807d..3fa5409c3faf94307858a09bc134bda9cfc592b1 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.426 2004/10/06 09:35:21 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.427 2004/10/07 00:03:15 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -2575,8 +2575,6 @@ static int
 BackendRun(Port *port)
 {
 	int			status;
-	struct timeval now;
-	struct timezone tz;
 	char		remote_host[NI_MAXHOST];
 	char		remote_port[NI_MAXSERV];
 	char		remote_ps_data[NI_MAXHOST];
@@ -2754,9 +2752,7 @@ BackendRun(Port *port)
 	 * start a new random sequence in the random() library function.
 	 */
 	random_seed = 0;
-	gettimeofday(&now, &tz);
-	srandom((unsigned int) now.tv_usec);
-
+	srandom((unsigned int) (MyProcPid ^ port->session_start.tv_usec));
 
 	/* ----------------
 	 * Now, build the argv vector that will be given to PostgresMain.