diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
index 02978a16e73232c87b5af0921ae1514ee54cdadc..ee9564aa6ecc0851bf5f3daabe05588935765286 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
@@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ u16 wl1271_top_reg_read(struct wl1271 *wl, int addr)
 	/* poll for data ready */
 	do {
 		val = wl1271_spi_read32(wl, OCP_DATA_READ);
-		timeout--;
-	} while (!(val & OCP_READY_MASK) && timeout);
+	} while (!(val & OCP_READY_MASK) && --timeout);
 
 	if (!timeout) {
 		wl1271_warning("Top register access timed out.");