diff --git a/drivers/net/sunqe.c b/drivers/net/sunqe.c
index 6e8f377..fe0c3f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sunqe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sunqe.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 	if (!(sbus_readb(mregs + MREGS_PHYCONFIG) & MREGS_PHYCONFIG_LTESTDIS)) {
 		int tries = 50;
 
-		while (tries--) {
+		while (--tries) {
 			u8 tmp;
 
 			mdelay(5);