diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 69b8091bfed17ddd10288b7df6c88a55b416c48b..46c04c546ee2d4676693289f54270391fb15ad97 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 29
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc7
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc8
 NAME = Erotic Pickled Herring
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 1338469ac849cb230fc8f1e74441ece4a6cfd58c..35a1f7ff414988d86c6c081d7bbf3671733a15d6 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -948,15 +948,15 @@ static int __reg_op(unsigned long *bitmap, int pos, int order, int reg_op)
  */
 int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, int bits, int order)
 {
-	int pos;		/* scans bitmap by regions of size order */
+	int pos, end;		/* scans bitmap by regions of size order */
 
-	for (pos = 0; pos < bits; pos += (1 << order))
-		if (__reg_op(bitmap, pos, order, REG_OP_ISFREE))
-			break;
-	if (pos == bits)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	__reg_op(bitmap, pos, order, REG_OP_ALLOC);
-	return pos;
+	for (pos = 0 ; (end = pos + (1 << order)) <= bits; pos = end) {
+		if (!__reg_op(bitmap, pos, order, REG_OP_ISFREE))
+			continue;
+		__reg_op(bitmap, pos, order, REG_OP_ALLOC);
+		return pos;
+	}
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_find_free_region);