diff --git a/src/libcore/rand.rs b/src/libcore/rand.rs
index 367278f66f321799c11a6db20b37636a4eb03346..cdf6a5bb63ded98573bc3601151b69bbaaa82b0e 100644
--- a/src/libcore/rand.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/rand.rs
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ fn next(&self) -> u32 { (*self).next() }
  * generator.
  */
 pub fn random<T: Rand>() -> T {
-    (*task_rng()).gen()
+    task_rng().gen()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]