diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fa53830d068394..9ec8b10ae3291d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2589,8 +2589,8 @@ int __netif_set_xps_queue(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned long *mask,
 		copy = true;
 
 	/* allocate memory for queue storage */
-	for (j = -1; j = netif_attrmask_next_and(j, online_mask, mask, nr_ids),
-	     j < nr_ids;) {
+	for (j = -1; j < nr_ids;
+	     j = netif_attrmask_next_and(j, online_mask, mask, nr_ids)) {
 		if (!new_dev_maps) {
 			new_dev_maps = kzalloc(maps_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!new_dev_maps) {