diff --git a/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c b/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c
index 71fce7c85c93..81b09d740ed9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c
+++ b/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static unsigned short nuc900_ac97_read(struct snd_ac97 *ac97,
 
 	/* polling the AC_R_FINISH */
 	while (!(AUDIO_READ(nuc900_audio->mmio + ACTL_ACCON) & AC_R_FINISH)
-								&& timeout--)
+								&& --timeout)
 		mdelay(1);
 
 	if (!timeout) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void nuc900_ac97_write(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, unsigned short reg,
 
 	/* polling the AC_W_FINISH */
 	while ((AUDIO_READ(nuc900_audio->mmio + ACTL_ACCON) & AC_W_FINISH)
-								&& timeout--)
+								&& --timeout)
 		mdelay(1);
 
 	if (!timeout)