diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c
index edab519..a7c5990 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 {
 	int timeout = 500;
 
-	while (timeout-- && (inb(smbus->base + AMD_EC_SC) & AMD_EC_SC_IBF))
+	while ((inb(smbus->base + AMD_EC_SC) & AMD_EC_SC_IBF) && --timeout)
 		udelay(1);
 
 	if (!timeout) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 {
 	int timeout = 500;
 
-	while (timeout-- && (~inb(smbus->base + AMD_EC_SC) & AMD_EC_SC_OBF))
+	while ((~inb(smbus->base + AMD_EC_SC) & AMD_EC_SC_OBF) && --timeout)
 		udelay(1);
 
 	if (!timeout) {