diff --git a/conf.d/urandom b/conf.d/urandom
index fbaf4e81..f721a249 100644
--- a/conf.d/urandom
+++ b/conf.d/urandom
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # (say for crypt swap), so you will need to customize this
 # behavior.  If you have /var on a separate partition, then
 # make sure this path lives on your root device somewhere.
-urandom_seed="/var/run/random-seed"
+urandom_seed="/var/lib/misc/random-seed"
diff --git a/init.d/urandom.in b/init.d/urandom.in
index 7fe5e590..bc48066b 100644
--- a/init.d/urandom.in
+++ b/init.d/urandom.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
 # Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
 
-: ${urandom_seed:=${URANDOM_SEED:-/var/run/random-seed}}
+: ${urandom_seed:=${URANDOM_SEED:-/var/lib/misc/random-seed}}
 description="Initializes the random number generator."
 
 depend()