diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 02b7115b6aaa64add8632094f6f0dfe354a89b7d..997976426799d90a328cef4ff958b92ce3ba491c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -4211,8 +4211,9 @@ static int ql_change_rx_buffers(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 
 	/* Wait for an outstanding reset to complete. */
 	if (!test_bit(QL_ADAPTER_UP, &qdev->flags)) {
-		int i = 3;
-		while (i-- && !test_bit(QL_ADAPTER_UP, &qdev->flags)) {
+		int i = 4;
+
+		while (--i && !test_bit(QL_ADAPTER_UP, &qdev->flags)) {
 			netif_err(qdev, ifup, qdev->ndev,
 				  "Waiting for adapter UP...\n");
 			ssleep(1);