diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index c0b0ada121..f7cc6a890f 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,6 @@ static void spapr_dt_chosen(SpaprMachineState *spapr, void *fdt, bool reset)
 {
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
     SpaprMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
-    uint8_t rng_seed[32];
     int chosen;
 
     _FDT(chosen = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, "chosen"));
@@ -1100,8 +1099,7 @@ static void spapr_dt_chosen(SpaprMachineState *spapr, void *fdt, bool reset)
         spapr_dt_ov5_platform_support(spapr, fdt, chosen);
     }
 
-    qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(rng_seed, sizeof(rng_seed));
-    _FDT(fdt_setprop(fdt, chosen, "rng-seed", rng_seed, sizeof(rng_seed)));
+    _FDT(fdt_setprop(fdt, chosen, "rng-seed", spapr->fdt_rng_seed, 32));
 
     _FDT(spapr_dt_ovec(fdt, chosen, spapr->ov5_cas, "ibm,architecture-vec-5"));
 }
@@ -1654,6 +1652,14 @@ static void spapr_machine_reset(MachineState *machine, ShutdownCause reason)
     void *fdt;
     int rc;
 
+    if (reason != SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_SNAPSHOT_LOAD) {
+        /*
+         * Record-replay snapshot load must not consume random, this was
+         * already replayed from initial machine reset.
+         */
+        qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(spapr->fdt_rng_seed, 32);
+    }
+
     pef_kvm_reset(machine->cgs, &error_fatal);
     spapr_caps_apply(spapr);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index f47e8419a5..f4bd204d86 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ struct SpaprMachineState {
     uint32_t fdt_size;
     uint32_t fdt_initial_size;
     void *fdt_blob;
+    uint8_t fdt_rng_seed[32];
     long kernel_size;
     bool kernel_le;
     uint64_t kernel_addr;