1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem.c b/drivers/net/sungem.c
index 86c765d83de1..b17efa9cc530 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static u16 __phy_read(struct gem *gp, int phy_addr, int reg)
         cmd |= (MIF_FRAME_TAMSB);
         writel(cmd, gp->regs + MIF_FRAME);
 
-        while (limit--) {
+        while (--limit) {
                 cmd = readl(gp->regs + MIF_FRAME);
                 if (cmd & MIF_FRAME_TALSB)
                         break;