diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 5f04c5c810fb..594b05ae16c9 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ int fat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct msdos_dir_entry *de)
 	inode->i_uid = sbi->options.fs_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = sbi->options.fs_gid;
 	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
-	inode->i_generation = get_seconds();
+	inode->i_generation = prandom_u32();
 
 	if ((de->attr & ATTR_DIR) && !IS_FREE(de->name)) {
 		inode->i_generation &= ~1;