diff --git a/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp b/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
index 461d6496e44..be0b533007f 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ string EmitCFunc::emitVarResetRecurse(const AstVar* varp, const string& varNameP
         return "";
     } else if (basicp && basicp->isDynamicTriggerScheduler()) {
         return "";
+    } else if (basicp && basicp->isRandomGenerator()) {
+        return "";
     } else if (basicp) {
         const bool zeroit
             = (varp->attrFileDescr()  // Zero so we don't do file IO if never $fopen