diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 77466c4faabb..f5f42c431409 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -409,17 +409,16 @@ static inline void qdio_stop_polling(struct qdio_q *q)
 		set_buf_state(q, q->u.in.ack_start, SLSB_P_INPUT_NOT_INIT);
 }
 
-static inline void account_sbals(struct qdio_q *q, int count)
+static inline void account_sbals(struct qdio_q *q, unsigned int count)
 {
-	int pos = 0;
+	int pos;
 
 	q->q_stats.nr_sbal_total += count;
 	if (count == QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_MASK) {
 		q->q_stats.nr_sbals[7]++;
 		return;
 	}
-	while (count >>= 1)
-		pos++;
+	pos = ilog2(count);
 	q->q_stats.nr_sbals[pos]++;
 }