diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-stmp3xxx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-stmp3xxx/dma.c
index d2f497764dce..ef88f25fb870 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-stmp3xxx/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-stmp3xxx/dma.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int stmp3xxx_dma_make_chain(int ch, struct stmp37xx_circ_dma_chain *chain,
 					stmp3xxx_dma_free_command(ch,
 								  &descriptors
 								  [i]);
-				} while (i-- >= 0);
+				} while (i-- > 0);
 			}
 			return err;
 		}