diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index b0ec5eab99..69cdf4b4e0 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+February 25, 2008 (Changes by Graf Zahl)
+- Fixed: The DECORATE expression evaluator's random function could produce
+  incorrect results for ranges > 255. Changed so that FRandom's default
+  implementation is used instead.
+
 February 21, 2008
 - Fixed: DThinker::SerializeAll() did not serialize any thinkers in the
   FreshThinkers lists. These thinkers would still be saved in the savegame if
diff --git a/src/thingdef/thingdef_exp.cpp b/src/thingdef/thingdef_exp.cpp
index d0f8824435..62b6f03373 100644
--- a/src/thingdef/thingdef_exp.cpp
+++ b/src/thingdef/thingdef_exp.cpp
@@ -1477,23 +1477,7 @@ static ExpVal EvalExpression (ExpData *data, AActor *self, const PClass *cls)
 				swap (max, min);
 			}
 
-			if (max - min > 255)
-			{
-				int num1,num2,num3,num4;
-
-				num1 = (*data->RNG)();
-				num2 = (*data->RNG)();
-				num3 = (*data->RNG)();
-				num4 = (*data->RNG)();
-
-				val.Int = ((num1 << 24) | (num2 << 16) | (num3 << 8) | num4);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				val.Int = (*data->RNG)();
-			}
-			val.Int %= (max - min + 1);
-			val.Int += min;
+			val.Int = (*data->RNG)(max - min + 1) + min;
 		}
 		break;