diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
index ae5809a1f19aac2d23dc318daedb8f343833d4f0..273dd80fabf3cadb53d30be128fbd29c69f969aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
@@ -3176,9 +3176,11 @@ int drm_dp_update_payload_part1(struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr *mgr)
 			drm_dp_mst_topology_put_port(port);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < mgr->max_payloads; i++) {
-		if (mgr->payloads[i].payload_state != DP_PAYLOAD_DELETE_LOCAL)
+	for (i = 0; i < mgr->max_payloads; /* do nothing */) {
+		if (mgr->payloads[i].payload_state != DP_PAYLOAD_DELETE_LOCAL) {
+			i++;
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("removing payload %d\n", i);
 		for (j = i; j < mgr->max_payloads - 1; j++) {