diff --git a/src/epics/util/lib/Noise.pm b/src/epics/util/lib/Noise.pm
index 7322e419cc0c1f4a72dd65ae3b13b5960fc5689f..66ac2e1fbd36cb2460e9528d54be11ab91561ba7 100644
--- a/src/epics/util/lib/Noise.pm
+++ b/src/epics/util/lib/Noise.pm
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ sub printFrontEndVars  {
     my ($i) = @_;
     print ::OUT "static double \L$::xpartName[$i];\n";
     if ($printed) { return; }
-
-    if ($::noiseGeneratorSeed != 0) {
-        print ::OUT "static unsigned long noise_seed = " . $::noiseGeneratorSeed . "LL;\n";
-    }
-    else {
-         print ::OUT "static unsigned long noise_seed = 0LL;\n";
-    }
+    print ::OUT "static unsigned long noise_seed = " . $::noiseGeneratorSeed . "ULL;\n";
 
     print ::OUT << "END";
 static unsigned long noise_u = 0, noise_v = 0, noise_w = 0;