diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
index f8c05ad5..243c9c4b 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #ifndef _WIN32
+# include <sys/stat.h>
 # include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -107,17 +108,23 @@ safe_read(const int fd, void * const buf_, size_t count)
 static int
 randombytes_salsa20_random_random_dev_open(void)
 {
-    static const char * const devices[] = {
+    struct stat       st;
+    static const char *devices[] = {
 # ifndef USE_BLOCKING_RANDOM
         "/dev/urandom",
 # endif
         "/dev/random", NULL
     };
-    const char * const *device = devices;
+    const char **     device = devices;
+    int               fd;
 
     do {
-        if (access(*device, F_OK | R_OK) == 0) {
-            return open(*device, O_RDONLY);
+        if (access(*device, F_OK | R_OK) == 0 &&
+            (fd = open(*device, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
+            if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
+                return fd;
+            }
+            (void) close(fd);
         }
         device++;
     } while (*device != NULL);
diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
index 3bb521b9..a7c827e5 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #ifndef _WIN32
+# include <sys/stat.h>
 # include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -99,17 +100,23 @@ safe_read(const int fd, void * const buf_, size_t count)
 static int
 randombytes_sysrandom_random_dev_open(void)
 {
-    static const char * const devices[] = {
+    struct stat        st;
+    static const char *devices[] = {
 # ifndef USE_BLOCKING_RANDOM
         "/dev/urandom",
 # endif
         "/dev/random", NULL
     };
-    const char * const *device = devices;
+    const char **      device = devices;
+    int                fd;
 
     do {
-        if (access(*device, F_OK | R_OK) == 0) {
-            return open(*device, O_RDONLY);
+        if (access(*device, F_OK | R_OK) == 0 &&
+            (fd = open(*device, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
+            if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
+                return fd;
+            }
+            (void) close(fd);
         }
         device++;
     } while (*device != NULL);