diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_scaler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_scaler.c
index 0ddb6eec7b11..df228436a03d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_scaler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_scaler.c
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ static inline int scaler_reset(struct scaler_context *scaler)
 	scaler_write(SCALER_CFG_SOFT_RESET, SCALER_CFG);
 	do {
 		cpu_relax();
-	} while (retry > 1 &&
+	} while (--retry > 1 &&
 		 scaler_read(SCALER_CFG) & SCALER_CFG_SOFT_RESET);
 	do {
 		cpu_relax();
 		scaler_write(1, SCALER_INT_EN);
-	} while (retry > 0 && scaler_read(SCALER_INT_EN) != 1);
+	} while (--retry > 0 && scaler_read(SCALER_INT_EN) != 1);
 
 	return retry ? 0 : -EIO;
 }