diff --git a/crypto/dh.c b/crypto/dh.c
index 8250eeeebd0f..7ad4768716c8 100644
--- a/crypto/dh.c
+++ b/crypto/dh.c
@@ -388,13 +388,7 @@ static void *dh_safe_prime_gen_privkey(const struct dh_safe_prime *safe_prime,
 	 * 5.6.1.1.3, step 3 (and implicitly step 4): obtain N + 64
 	 * random bits and interpret them as a big endian integer.
 	 */
-	err = -EFAULT;
-	if (crypto_get_default_rng())
-		goto out_err;
-
-	err = crypto_rng_get_bytes(crypto_default_rng, (u8 *)key,
-				   oversampling_size);
-	crypto_put_default_rng();
+	err = crypto_stdrng_get_bytes(key, oversampling_size);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_err;