diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index 72467914b85640bb88730cb4a5c54113e531b35a..72f9decb0104f046cef155532200cd91e15fea58 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ list_lru_walk_node(struct list_lru *lru, int nid, list_lru_walk_cb isolate,
 		 * decrement nr_to_walk first so that we don't livelock if we
 		 * get stuck on large numbesr of LRU_RETRY items
 		 */
-		if (--(*nr_to_walk) == 0)
+		if (!*nr_to_walk)
 			break;
+		--*nr_to_walk;
 
 		ret = isolate(item, &nlru->lock, cb_arg);
 		switch (ret) {