1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
index 0fb986ba3290..0ae723f75341 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ u32 msgdma_tx_completions(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
                         & 0xffff;
 
         if (inuse) { /* Tx FIFO is not empty */
-                ready = priv->tx_prod - priv->tx_cons - inuse - 1;
+                ready = max_t(int,
+                              priv->tx_prod - priv->tx_cons - inuse - 1, 0);
         } else {
                 /* Check for buffered last packet */
                 status = csrrd32(priv->tx_dma_csr, msgdma_csroffs(status));