diff --git a/src/coap_prng.c b/src/coap_prng.c
index e3fc81ce..eae62129 100644
--- a/src/coap_prng.c
+++ b/src/coap_prng.c
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ coap_prng_default(void *buf, size_t len) {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  sys_rand_get(buf, len);
-  return 1;
+  /* sys_csrand_get() returns 0 on success */
+  return (sys_csrand_get(buf, len) ? 0 : 1);
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM)
   return (getrandom(buf, len, 0) > 0) ? 1 : 0;