diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c index 0fb986ba3290..0ae723f75341 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ u32 msgdma_tx_completions(struct altera_tse_private *priv) & 0xffff; if (inuse) { /* Tx FIFO is not empty */ - ready = priv->tx_prod - priv->tx_cons - inuse - 1; + ready = max_t(int, + priv->tx_prod - priv->tx_cons - inuse - 1, 0); } else { /* Check for buffered last packet */ status = csrrd32(priv->tx_dma_csr, msgdma_csroffs(status));