diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index af30ca97493c..ecc1612df676 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -3623,7 +3623,7 @@ _drbd_fault_random(struct fault_random_state *rsp)
 {
 	long refresh;
 
-	if (--rsp->count < 0) {
+	if (!rsp->count--) {
 		get_random_bytes(&refresh, sizeof(refresh));
 		rsp->state += refresh;
 		rsp->count = FAULT_RANDOM_REFRESH;