diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
index 0df99007..f8c05ad5 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ randombytes_salsa20_random_random_dev_open(void)
 static void
 randombytes_salsa20_random_init(void)
 {
+    const int errno_save = errno;
+
     stream.nonce = sodium_hrtime();
     assert(stream.nonce != (uint64_t) 0U);
 
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ randombytes_salsa20_random_init(void)
          randombytes_salsa20_random_random_dev_open()) == -1) {
         abort();
     }
+    errno = errno_save;
 }
 
 #else /* _WIN32 */
diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
index 40334cf0..3427de74 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
@@ -88,10 +88,13 @@ randombytes_sysrandom_random_dev_open(void)
 static void
 randombytes_sysrandom_init(void)
 {
+    const int errno_save = errno;
+
     if ((stream.random_data_source_fd =
          randombytes_sysrandom_random_dev_open()) == -1) {
         abort();
     }
+    errno = errno_save;
 }
 
 #else /* _WIN32 */