diff --git a/auth.c b/auth.c
index 00b168b4e..560e8ecac 100644
--- a/auth.c
+++ b/auth.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: auth.c,v 1.153 2021/07/05 00:50:25 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: auth.c,v 1.154 2022/02/23 11:17:10 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -709,12 +709,21 @@ auth_debug_reset(void)
 struct passwd *
 fakepw(void)
 {
+	static int done = 0;
 	static struct passwd fake;
+	const char hashchars[] = "./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+	    "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; /* from bcrypt.c */
+	char *cp;
+
+	if (done)
+		return (&fake);
 
 	memset(&fake, 0, sizeof(fake));
 	fake.pw_name = "NOUSER";
-	fake.pw_passwd =
-	    "$2a$06$r3.juUaHZDlIbQaO2dS9FuYxL1W9M81R1Tc92PoSNmzvpEqLkLGrK";
+	fake.pw_passwd = xstrdup("$2a$10$"
+	    "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
+	for (cp = fake.pw_passwd + 7; *cp != '\0'; cp++)
+		*cp = hashchars[arc4random_uniform(sizeof(hashchars) - 1)];
 #ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_GECOS
 	fake.pw_gecos = "NOUSER";
 #endif
@@ -725,6 +734,7 @@ fakepw(void)
 #endif
 	fake.pw_dir = "/nonexist";
 	fake.pw_shell = "/nonexist";
+	done = 1;
 
 	return (&fake);
 }