diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
index 699d3ed..29bc4c5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 	rate_control_pid_normalize(pinfo, sband->n_bitrates);
 
 	/* Compute the proportional, integral and derivative errors. */
-	err_prop = (pinfo->target << RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT) - pf;
+	err_prop = (pinfo->target - pf) << RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT;
 
 	err_avg = spinfo->err_avg_sc >> pinfo->smoothing_shift;
 	spinfo->err_avg_sc = spinfo->err_avg_sc - err_avg + err_prop;