diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d7b55b088..b05e47689 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
    - deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/02/24 10:37:26
      [sshd_config]
      ssh2 rsa key before dsa key
+   - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/02/27 10:35:27
+     [packet.c]
+     fix random padding
 
 20010304
  - (bal) Remove make-ssh-known-hosts.1 since it's no longer valid.
@@ -4244,4 +4247,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.866 2001/03/05 06:05:35 mouring Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.867 2001/03/05 06:07:00 mouring Exp $
diff --git a/packet.c b/packet.c
index 5213e43e8..02f8ab1bb 100644
--- a/packet.c
+++ b/packet.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: packet.c,v 1.51 2001/02/12 22:56:09 deraadt Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: packet.c,v 1.52 2001/02/27 10:35:27 markus Exp $");
 
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "buffer.h"
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ packet_send2(void)
 			if (i % 4 == 0)
 				rand = arc4random();
 			cp[i] = rand & 0xff;
-			rand <<= 8;
+			rand >>= 8;
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* clear padding */