diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mmio.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mmio.c
index 63eb08c43c051..6764c13530b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mmio.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct iosm_mmio *ipc_mmio_init(void __iomem *mmio, struct device *dev)
 			break;
 
 		msleep(20);
-	} while (retries-- > 0);
+	} while (--retries > 0);
 
 	if (!retries) {
 		dev_err(ipc_mmio->dev, "invalid exec stage %X", stage);