1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
index 9a795105cc7c..ad15aab2137d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ static int smsc911x_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
         /* Make sure EEPROM has finished loading before setting GPIO_CFG */
         timeout = 50;
-        while ((timeout--) &&
-               (smsc911x_reg_read(pdata, E2P_CMD) & E2P_CMD_EPC_BUSY_)) {
+        while ((smsc911x_reg_read(pdata, E2P_CMD) & E2P_CMD_EPC_BUSY_) &&
+               --timeout) {
                 udelay(10);
         }