diff --git a/code/qcommon/files.c b/code/qcommon/files.c
index 7bbfc45d..7b4fc812 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/files.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/files.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,9 @@ int FS_FOpenFileRead( const char *filename, fileHandle_t *file, qboolean uniqueF
 				&& Q_stricmp( filename + l - 5, ".game" )	// menu files
 				&& Q_stricmp( filename + l - strlen(demoExt), demoExt )	// menu files
 				&& Q_stricmp( filename + l - 4, ".dat" ) ) {	// for journal files
-				fs_fakeChkSum = random();
+
+				if(!(fs_fakeChkSum = random()))
+					fs_fakeChkSum = 0xdeadbeef;
 			}
 
 			Q_strncpyz( fsh[*file].name, filename, sizeof( fsh[*file].name ) );
@@ -3346,6 +3348,7 @@ void FS_Restart( int checksumFeed ) {
 
 	// set the checksum feed
 	fs_checksumFeed = checksumFeed;
+	fs_fakeChkSum = 0;
 
 	// clear pak references
 	FS_ClearPakReferences(0);