diff --git a/src/key.cpp b/src/key.cpp
index 7f1cef170..f09536fbb 100644
--- a/src/key.cpp
+++ b/src/key.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ bool CKey::Check(const unsigned char *vch) {
 }
 
 void CKey::MakeNewKey(bool fCompressedIn) {
+    RandAddSeedPerfmon();
     do {
         GetRandBytes(vch, sizeof(vch));
     } while (!Check(vch));
diff --git a/src/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet.cpp
index 8504c0a28..4920cb21f 100644
--- a/src/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ CPubKey CWallet::GenerateNewKey()
     AssertLockHeld(cs_wallet); // mapKeyMetadata
     bool fCompressed = CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_COMPRPUBKEY); // default to compressed public keys if we want 0.6.0 wallets
 
-    RandAddSeedPerfmon();
     CKey secret;
     secret.MakeNewKey(fCompressed);