diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
index 1937d75c72..598a6fa615 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
@@ -3114,9 +3114,12 @@ protected void warnIfIllegalFailOnFlakeCount() throws MojoFailureException
 
     private void printDefaultSeedIfNecessary()
     {
-        if ( getRunOrderRandomSeed() == null && getRunOrder().equals( RunOrder.RANDOM.name() ) )
+        if ( getRunOrder().equals( RunOrder.RANDOM.name() ) )
         {
-            setRunOrderRandomSeed( System.nanoTime() );
+            if ( getRunOrderRandomSeed() == null )
+            {
+                setRunOrderRandomSeed( System.nanoTime() );
+            }
             getConsoleLogger().info(
                 "Tests will run in random order. To reproduce ordering use flag -D"
                     + getPluginName() + ".runOrder.random.seed=" + getRunOrderRandomSeed() );