diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
index 32fbd30a6a2e2..985a6c3412946 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ static int ql_wait_other_func_reg_rdy(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u32 reg,
 				      u32 bit, u32 err_bit)
 {
 	u32 temp;
-	int count = 10;
+	int count;
 
-	while (count) {
+	for (count = 10; count; count--) {
 		temp = ql_read_other_func_reg(qdev, reg);
 
 		/* check for errors */
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ static int ql_wait_other_func_reg_rdy(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u32 reg,
 		else if (temp & bit)
 			return 0;
 		mdelay(10);
-		count--;
 	}
 	return -1;
 }