fepriv->auto_sub_step is unsigned. Setting it to -1 is just a trick to avoid calling continue. It relies to have this code just afterwards: if (!ready) fepriv->auto_sub_step++; Simplify the code by simply setting it to zero and use continue to return to the while loop. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c index d48f48fda87c..c9283100332a 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c @@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ static int dvb_frontend_swzigzag_autotune(struct dvb_frontend *fe, int check_wra default: fepriv->auto_step++; - fepriv->auto_sub_step = -1; /* it'll be incremented to 0 in a moment */ - break; + fepriv->auto_sub_step = 0; + continue; } if (!ready) fepriv->auto_sub_step++; -- 2.47.0