diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
index 76c62e87a415..54352368ac14 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ int libcfs_debug_init(unsigned long bufsize)
 		max = TCD_MAX_PAGES;
 	} else {
 		max = (max / num_possible_cpus());
-		max = max << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+		max <<= (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
 	}
 	rc = cfs_tracefile_init(max);