diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
index cb71759eb..eae73ce33 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ struct hb_ot_apply_context_t :
   bool auto_zwj;
   bool random;
 
-  uint64_t random_state;
+  uint32_t random_state;
 
 
   hb_ot_apply_context_t (unsigned int table_index_,
@@ -523,8 +523,9 @@ struct hb_ot_apply_context_t :
 
   inline uint32_t random_number (void)
   {
-    random_state = (0x5DEECE66Dull * random_state + 11) & (((uint64_t) 1 << 48) - 1);
-    return random_state >> 32;
+    /* http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/random/minstd_rand/ */
+    random_state = random_state * 48271 % 2147483647;
+    return random_state;
   }
 
   inline bool
diff --git a/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/rand.tests b/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/rand.tests
index 5ea0fc046..df324b921 100644
--- a/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/rand.tests
+++ b/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/rand.tests
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ../fonts/5bb74492f5e0ffa1fbb72e4c881be035120b6513.ttf:--no-glyph-names --features=-rand:U+0054,U+0055,U+0056:[1=0+560|2=1+602|3=2+602]
-#../fonts/5bb74492f5e0ffa1fbb72e4c881be035120b6513.ttf:--no-glyph-names --features=rand=2:U+0054,U+0055,U+0056:[5=0+560|8=1+602|11=2+602]
-../fonts/5bb74492f5e0ffa1fbb72e4c881be035120b6513.ttf:--no-glyph-names:U+0054,U+0055,U+0056,U+0054,U+0055,U+0056,U+0054,U+0055,U+0056,U+0054,U+0055,U+0056:[6=0+560|9=1+602|10=2+602|6=3+560|9=4+602|12=5+602|5=6+560|8=7+602|11=8+602|6=9+560|8=10+602|10=11+602]
+../fonts/5bb74492f5e0ffa1fbb72e4c881be035120b6513.ttf:--no-glyph-names --features=rand=2:U+0054,U+0055,U+0056:[5=0+560|8=1+602|11=2+602]
+../fonts/5bb74492f5e0ffa1fbb72e4c881be035120b6513.ttf:--no-glyph-names:U+0054,U+0055,U+0056,U+0054,U+0055,U+0056,U+0054,U+0055,U+0056,U+0054,U+0055,U+0056:[5=0+560|7=1+602|10=2+602|4=3+560|7=4+602|10=5+602|6=6+560|9=7+602|10=8+602|5=9+560|8=10+602|12=11+602]