diff --git a/sound/usb/usbmixer.c b/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
index e74eb1b..7b3bf35 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@
 		namelist[i] = kmalloc(MAX_ITEM_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (! namelist[i]) {
 			snd_printk(KERN_ERR "cannot malloc\n");
-			while (--i > 0)
+			while (i--)
 				kfree(namelist[i]);
 			kfree(namelist);
 			kfree(cval);