diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index c9b7ad65e5633bc2a5147706f5c728f4d1cffa3c..726b5693ae8a5a3a9364e5de13195d36c5b1d06f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *sg_fd_to_skb(const struct dpaa_priv *priv,
 
 free_buffers:
 	/* compensate sw bpool counter changes */
-	for (i--; i > 0; i--) {
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
 		dpaa_bp = dpaa_bpid2pool(sgt[i].bpid);
 		if (dpaa_bp) {
 			count_ptr = this_cpu_ptr(dpaa_bp->percpu_count);