diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1987e75c0ee..31fdde1d04f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -734,6 +734,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #29085: Allow random.Random.seed() to use high quality OS randomness
+  rather than the pid and time.
+
 - Issue 28923: Remove editor artifacts from Tix.py.
 
 - Issue #29055:  Neaten-up empty population error on random.choice()
diff --git a/Modules/_randommodule.c b/Modules/_randommodule.c
index 63759d55624..0d3282db8f2 100644
--- a/Modules/_randommodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_randommodule.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ random_seed(RandomObject *self, PyObject *args)
         return NULL;
 
      if (arg == NULL || arg == Py_None) {
-        if (random_seed_urandom(self) >= 0) {
+        if (random_seed_urandom(self) < 0) {
             PyErr_Clear();
 
             /* Reading system entropy failed, fall back on the worst entropy: