diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index d3682b7adae70..b2868833be3e6 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern char const *LLAMA_BUILD_TARGET;
 int32_t get_num_physical_cores();
 
 struct gpt_params {
-    uint32_t seed                 = -1;    // RNG seed
+    uint32_t seed                 = LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED; // RNG seed
 
     int32_t n_threads             = get_num_physical_cores();
     int32_t n_threads_draft       = -1;