diff --git a/src/util/src/tskiplist.c b/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
index 2394adc6f33b93aa38b4daca6990fbc163c0738c..f3c0babe6b849983e0f1cf417767dcf26e5dd85c 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int32_t getSkipListNodeRandomHeight(SSkipList *pSkipList) {
   const uint32_t factor = 4;
 
   int32_t n = 1;
-  while ((taosRand() % factor) == 0 && n <= pSkipList->maxLevel) {
+  while ((rand() % factor) == 0 && n <= pSkipList->maxLevel) {
     n++;
   }