diff --git a/etc/rc.shutdown b/etc/rc.shutdown
index 4abeda0d9d6c..b2af1196335b 100644
--- a/etc/rc.shutdown
+++ b/etc/rc.shutdown
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ case ${entropy_file} in
 [Nn][Oo] | '')
 	;;
 *)
-	echo "Writing entropy file"
+	echo "Writing entropy file."
 	rm -f ${entropy_file}
 	touch ${entropy_file} && \
 		chmod 600 ${entropy_file} && \
-		dd if=/dev/random of=${entropy_file} bs=4096 count=1
+		dd if=/dev/random of=${entropy_file} \
+		   bs=4096 count=1 2> /dev/null
 	;;
 esac