diff --git a/src/redis-benchmark.c b/src/redis-benchmark.c
index 5567c4af5..4efed4b12 100644
--- a/src/redis-benchmark.c
+++ b/src/redis-benchmark.c
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
 
     client c;
 
-    srandom(time(NULL));
+    srandom(time(NULL) ^ getpid());
     signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);