diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dfd93d92f444..a61d88395b26 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5e6833892e7b745b164bae8b2edb75ccd1bee866
+refs/heads/master: 4b0d3f5c28c631c1aeb1860993572ad8468a4c11
diff --git a/trunk/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c b/trunk/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c
index 6fd441d16af5..f58d4ffb8945 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
 	 * setup counter 1 (RTC) to tick at full speed
 	 */
 	t = 0xffffff;
-	while ((au_readl(SYS_COUNTER_CNTRL) & SYS_CNTRL_T1S) && t--)
+	while ((au_readl(SYS_COUNTER_CNTRL) & SYS_CNTRL_T1S) && --t)
 		asm volatile ("nop");
 	if (!t)
 		goto cntr_err;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
 	au_sync();
 
 	t = 0xffffff;
-	while ((au_readl(SYS_COUNTER_CNTRL) & SYS_CNTRL_C1S) && t--)
+	while ((au_readl(SYS_COUNTER_CNTRL) & SYS_CNTRL_C1S) && --t)
 		asm volatile ("nop");
 	if (!t)
 		goto cntr_err;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
 	au_sync();
 
 	t = 0xffffff;
-	while ((au_readl(SYS_COUNTER_CNTRL) & SYS_CNTRL_C1S) && t--)
+	while ((au_readl(SYS_COUNTER_CNTRL) & SYS_CNTRL_C1S) && --t)
 		asm volatile ("nop");
 	if (!t)
 		goto cntr_err;