1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index 8cfa6125c7a4..004803030f64 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -423,14 +423,16 @@ void ide_fix_driveid(u16 *id)
 
 void ide_fixstring (u8 *s, const int bytecount, const int byteswap)
 {
-        u8 *p = s, *end = &s[bytecount & ~1]; /* bytecount must be even */
+        u8 *p, *end = &s[bytecount & ~1]; /* bytecount must be even */
 
         if (byteswap) {
                 /* convert from big-endian to host byte order */
-                for (p = end ; p != s;)
-                        be16_to_cpus((u16 *)(p -= 2));
+                for (p = s ; p != end ; p += 2)
+                        be16_to_cpus((u16 *) p);
         }
+
         /* strip leading blanks */
+        p = s;
         while (s != end && *s == ' ')
                 ++s;
         /* compress internal blanks and strip trailing blanks */