diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
index 6d9582ec0324..d27f8d84c4ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void __init test_nmi_ipi(struct cpumask *mask)
 
 	/* Don't wait longer than a second */
 	timeout = USEC_PER_SEC;
-	while (!cpumask_empty(mask) && timeout--)
+	while (!cpumask_empty(mask) && --timeout)
 	        udelay(1);
 
 	/* What happens if we timeout, do we still unregister?? */