diff --git a/src/libcore/rand.rs b/src/libcore/rand.rs
index 367278f66f3..cdf6a5bb63d 100644
--- a/src/libcore/rand.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/rand.rs
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ impl<R: Rng> Rng for @R {
  * generator.
  */
 pub fn random<T: Rand>() -> T {
-    (*task_rng()).gen()
+    task_rng().gen()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]