diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c
index a285cc0..c2be308 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@
 	do {
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
 		reg = wm8350_reg_read(wm8350, WM8350_DIGITISER_CONTROL_1);
-	} while (--tries && (reg & WM8350_AUXADC_POLL));
+	} while ((reg & WM8350_AUXADC_POLL) && --tries);
 
 	if (!tries)
 		dev_err(wm8350->dev, "adc chn %d read timeout\n", channel);