diff --git a/code/qcommon/common.c b/code/qcommon/common.c
index 46ad77bc..7cdfa856 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/common.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/common.c
@@ -2629,12 +2629,10 @@ void Com_Init( char *commandLine ) {
 
 	Sys_Init();
 
-	// Pick a port value that should be nice and random.
-	// As machines get faster Com_Milliseconds can't be used
-	// anymore as it results in a smaller and smaller range of
-	// qport values.
+	// Pick a random port value
 	Com_RandomBytes( (byte*)&qport, sizeof(int) );
 	Netchan_Init( qport & 0xffff );
+
 	VM_Init();
 	SV_Init();
 
diff --git a/code/sys/sys_main.c b/code/sys/sys_main.c
index 805a0c60..f2a05e61 100644
--- a/code/sys/sys_main.c
+++ b/code/sys/sys_main.c
@@ -534,10 +534,8 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 
 	Sys_PlatformInit( );
 
-	// Set the initial time base.
-	// If not called here com_frameTime will always be zero.
-	// com_frameTime should be pseudo random.
-	Sys_Milliseconds();
+	// Set the initial time base
+	Sys_Milliseconds( );
 
 	Sys_ParseArgs( argc, argv );
 	Sys_SetBinaryPath( Sys_Dirname( argv[ 0 ] ) );