diff --git a/sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c b/sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c
index b94980e2d024..f08659327594 100644
--- a/sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c
+++ b/sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <sys/conf.h>
 #include <sys/signalvar.h>
 #include <sys/proc.h>
+#include <sys/random.h>
 #include <sys/tty.h>
 #include <sys/malloc.h>
 
@@ -616,6 +617,9 @@ sc_mouse_ioctl(struct tty *tp, u_long cmd, caddr_t data, int flag,
     case OLD_CONS_MOUSECTL:
 
 	mouse = (mouse_info_t*)data;
+
+	random_harvest(mouse, sizeof(mouse_info_t), 2, 0, RANDOM_MOUSE);
+
 	if (cmd == OLD_CONS_MOUSECTL) {
 	    static u_char swapb[] = { 0, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 7 };
 	    old_mouse_info_t *old_mouse = (old_mouse_info_t *)data;
diff --git a/sys/dev/syscons/sysmouse.c b/sys/dev/syscons/sysmouse.c
index d793cd1aaf5e..e97be1ac6602 100644
--- a/sys/dev/syscons/sysmouse.c
+++ b/sys/dev/syscons/sysmouse.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <sys/systm.h>
 #include <sys/conf.h>
 #include <sys/proc.h>
-#include <sys/random.h>
 #include <sys/tty.h>
 #include <sys/kernel.h>
 
@@ -337,8 +336,6 @@ sysmouse_event(mouse_info_t *info)
 							       sysmouse_tty);
 	}
 
-	random_harvest(buf, sizeof(buf), 2, 0, RANDOM_MOUSE);
-
 	return mouse_status.flags;
 }