1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/crypto/mechanism_scram.h b/src/mongo/crypto/mechanism_scram.h
index fcb16331830..5e0265679ea 100644
--- a/src/mongo/crypto/mechanism_scram.h
+++ b/src/mongo/crypto/mechanism_scram.h
@@ -102,15 +102,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     static std::vector<std::uint8_t> generateSecureRandomSalt() {
-        // Express salt length as a number of quad words, rounded up.
-        constexpr auto qwords = (saltLength() + sizeof(std::int64_t) - 1) / sizeof(std::int64_t);
-        std::array<std::int64_t, qwords> userSalt;
-
-        std::unique_ptr<SecureRandom> sr(SecureRandom::create());
-        std::generate(userSalt.begin(), userSalt.end(), [&sr] { return sr->nextInt64(); });
-        return std::vector<std::uint8_t>(reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t*>(userSalt.data()),
-                                         reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t*>(userSalt.data()) +
-                                             saltLength());
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> salt(saltLength());
+        SecureRandom().fill(salt.data(), salt.size());
+        return salt;
     }
 
 private: