diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
index 13bfd718416051d912a4a6f5ba529638f2db14c3..23472e3784ff169f0c05c9bcb473cccb6d9af0d0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ int vpdma_list_cleanup(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, int list_num,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	while (vpdma_list_busy(vpdma, list_num) && timeout--)
+	while (vpdma_list_busy(vpdma, list_num) && --timeout)
 		;
 
 	if (timeout == 0) {