1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 8a891ca53367..6559d5afa7bf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include "nvmet.h"
 
 static struct nvmet_fabrics_ops *nvmet_transports[NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX];
@@ -728,6 +729,9 @@ u16 nvmet_alloc_ctrl(const char *subsysnqn, const char *hostnqn,
         memcpy(ctrl->subsysnqn, subsysnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
         memcpy(ctrl->hostnqn, hostnqn, NVMF_NQN_SIZE);
 
+        /* generate a random serial number as our controllers are ephemeral: */
+        get_random_bytes(&ctrl->serial, sizeof(ctrl->serial));
+
         kref_init(&ctrl->ref);
         ctrl->subsys = subsys;