diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 06ebe17bb924..c48c79018a7c 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
@@ -2188,7 +2189,7 @@ static struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode
 		inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 		inode->i_blocks = 0;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
-		inode->i_generation = get_seconds();
+		inode->i_generation = prandom_u32();
 		info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 		memset(info, 0, (char *)inode - (char *)info);
 		spin_lock_init(&info->lock);