diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 54c2576df80b..3e9fae91d67c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 494ef10ebacc23679350a17483879366d8bafebd
+refs/heads/master: 9df8f4e3ee760c14211a5f484e9ee4f0bc0c566b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/smsc9420.c b/trunk/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
index a1e4b3895b33..83938e1953b0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static int smsc9420_eeprom_send_cmd(struct smsc9420_pdata *pd, u32 op)
 	do {
 		msleep(1);
 		e2cmd = smsc9420_reg_read(pd, E2P_CMD);
-	} while ((e2cmd & E2P_CMD_EPC_BUSY_) && (timeout--));
+	} while ((e2cmd & E2P_CMD_EPC_BUSY_) && (--timeout));
 
 	if (!timeout) {
 		smsc_info(HW, "TIMED OUT");