diff --git a/library/ssl_client.c b/library/ssl_client.c
index 8892acf..371c06c 100644
--- a/library/ssl_client.c
+++ b/library/ssl_client.c
@@ -792,10 +792,15 @@
         (ssl->handshake->cookie == NULL))
 #endif
     {
-        ret = ssl_generate_random(ssl);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_RET(1, "Random bytes generation failed", ret);
-            return ret;
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_3)
+        if (ssl->handshake->hello_retry_request_count == 0)
+#endif
+        {
+            ret = ssl_generate_random(ssl);
+            if (ret != 0) {
+                MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_RET(1, "Random bytes generation failed", ret);
+                return ret;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
index 8cf2105..edaf01d 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@
      * corrupt them bit-by-bit. */
     for (cur_byte = 0; cur_byte < sizeof(should_corrupt_byte); cur_byte++) {
         int cur_bit;
-        unsigned char * const byte = &serialized_session[cur_byte];
+        unsigned char *const byte = &serialized_session[cur_byte];
 
         if (should_corrupt_byte[cur_byte] == 0) {
             continue;
@@ -3850,6 +3850,7 @@
         MBEDTLS_SSL_IANA_TLS_GROUP_SECP384R1,
         MBEDTLS_SSL_IANA_TLS_GROUP_NONE
     };
+    uint8_t client_random[MBEDTLS_CLIENT_HELLO_RANDOM_LEN];
 
     mbedtls_platform_zeroize(&client_ep, sizeof(client_ep));
     mbedtls_platform_zeroize(&server_ep, sizeof(server_ep));
@@ -3987,9 +3988,16 @@
                         if (!client_ep.ssl.handshake->hello_retry_request_flag) {
                             TEST_EQUAL(client_ep.ssl.early_data_state,
                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_EARLY_DATA_STATE_CAN_WRITE);
+                            memcpy(client_random,
+                                   client_ep.ssl.handshake->randbytes,
+                                   MBEDTLS_CLIENT_HELLO_RANDOM_LEN);
                         } else {
                             TEST_EQUAL(client_ep.ssl.early_data_state,
                                        MBEDTLS_SSL_EARLY_DATA_STATE_REJECTED);
+                            TEST_MEMORY_COMPARE(client_random,
+                                                MBEDTLS_CLIENT_HELLO_RANDOM_LEN,
+                                                client_ep.ssl.handshake->randbytes,
+                                                MBEDTLS_CLIENT_HELLO_RANDOM_LEN); 
                         }
                         break;