1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c b/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c
index ca869266b9f3..24031971f806 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ static char ppbuf[1024];
 
 void notrace prom_write(const char *buf, unsigned int n)
 {
-        char ch;
-
-        while (n != 0) {
-                --n;
-                if ((ch = *buf++) == '\n')
-                        prom_putchar('\r');
-                prom_putchar(ch);
+        while (n-- != 0) {
+                char ch = *buf;
+                if (ch == '\n') {
+                        char tmp = '\r';
+                        prom_putchar(&tmp);
+                }
+                prom_putchar(buf);
+                buf++;
         }
 }