diff --git a/libafl_targets/src/cmplog.c b/libafl_targets/src/cmplog.c
index 7ae3a46164..fa82a4539a 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/src/cmplog.c
+++ b/libafl_targets/src/cmplog.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static long area_is_valid(const void *ptr, size_t len) {
   valid_len = (long)len;
 #elif defined(__unix__) || (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__))
   if (!dymmy_initialized) {
-    if ((dummy_fd[1] = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY)) < 0) {
+    if ((dummy_fd[1] = open("/dev/urandom", O_WRONLY)) < 0) {
       if (pipe(dummy_fd) < 0) { dummy_fd[1] = 1; }
     }
     dymmy_initialized = 1;